Telecom Italia to grow core profits from 2020, to explore all options on network

Reuters

Published Feb 21, 2019 19:43

Telecom Italia to grow core profits from 2020, to explore all options on network

MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) (TIM) on Thursday pledged to accelerate cost cutting, increase shareholder returns and grow core profits from next year in the first strategy plan under new Chief Executive Luigi Gubitosi.

Italy's biggest phone group said group organic earnings before interest, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) and service revenues would decrease by a low single digit this year, but grow at a low single digit rate in 2020 and 2021.