Italy's network plan turns up heat on Telecom Italia CEO - sources

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy is preparing legislation that could lead to a merger of Telecom Italia's network with smaller rival Open Fiber, an issue that is causing friction between the phone group's CEO and some board directors, sources close to the matter said on Sunday. Open Fiber, owned by state-controlled utility Enel and state lender CDP, has been rolling out a fibre optic network across Italy, in direct competition with Italy's biggest phone group Telecom Italia (TIM) . Industry experts have..