Mediaset in the single network, the frost of Tim. Gubitosi: “I don’t understand the advantage”

ROMA – Tim’s doubts about Mediaset’s entry into the company where the single network will converge. “On the participation of other parties – said the company’s CEO, Luigi Gubitosi at the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio – we have always thought of other telecommunications operators. We hope they will arrive, while content operators (such as Mediaset) will not necessarily be shareholders of the company “.

Obviously “if there was someone’s interest it would be evaluated, but not industrially speaking. The advantage of a content creator to participate is not evident to me” in the establishment of a single network company. In the case of content operators, Tim’s CEO added, “we will have to understand what they bring and what they can take”; for example, “if Netflix said that it wants to buy 2% of the network company, we would evaluate it, but the advantage of a user like Netflix, Rai or Mediaset is not clear to me, even if I understand that it is a suggestive theme after the ruling of the European Court of Justice.

No closure at the entrance of Enel. “But it is a hypothetical question – explained Gubitosi – Enel has always said that if there had been an industrial partner, it would not be interested in being a minority partner. That said, that would also be considered, there are no principle closures to anyone. , you just need to understand the reasons and conditions “.

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The premier also spoke on future governance Giuseppe Conte: “The single network will be an open and inclusive infrastructure: we want everyone to participate in a project that I want to take place in 3-4 years”, he explained, adding that “in the Italian Recovery plan it is very important to pursue the concrete goal of ultra-broadband at soon. Tim is listed but found the government plan convincing. “

Still on governance, Gubitosi reiterated that in society “we do not want to have control, governance will be shared”, with “a very strong presence of the state through the CDP”. The single network project, of course, will have to pass the scrutiny of the European Commission and two national authorities (Antitrust and AgCom).

“My policy is not to give advice to regulators, first of all because they rightly don’t love them. The authorities – recalled Gubitosi -” are independent and must decide freely. Of course, this is a project that in a period of extraordinary difficulty brings benefits to the country and we hope it will be interpreted as such “.

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For the EU Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni, in the field of telecommunications, “Italy’s problem today, even taking advantage of this great availability of European resources, is to guarantee what should be a citizen’s right”, that is “to be connected”. “This goal is the single network and investments in 5G, I believe this is a fundamental challenge respecting the rules of competition and without forgetting the rules, especially the European ones”, underlined Gentiloni.

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