Telefonica mulls offer for Telecom Italia shareholders: source

MADRID (Reuters) - Telefonica is studying an offer to help fellow investors in Telecom Italia sell their stakes in the Italian firm in a way that would not result in more debt for the Spanish telecoms company, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday. "Telefonica does not want to leave empty-handed, but the challenge is finding a solution that offers liquidity to Telco stakeholders without increasing Telefonica's debt," the source said, without elaborating on what specific format the solution might take. Telefonica has an indirect 10. ...

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