Telecom Italia Adds 200,000 ADSL Subscribers in Q4

Telecom Italia added 200,000 ADSL subscribers in Q4, a number significantly higher than the 132,000 new customers in Q3. Telecom Italia ended 2002 with a total of 850,000 ADSL subscribers, compared to 390,000 at the end of 2001. Telecom Italia also said Q4 was characterized by significant growth in unbundling of the local loop, with 55,000 customers connected to networks belonging to other carriers, compared with 31,000 during Q3. At year-end 2002, the total number of unbundled lines in Italy stood at 131,000, the second highest unbundled line total in Europe.
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