Swisscom's acquisition of Vodafone Italia was cleared by Italy's communications authority AGCOM, the Swiss telecoms group said on Wednesday. The 8 billion euro ($8.48 billion) acquisition is still subject to two other regulatory approvals,

Swisscom ist mit der geplanten Übernahme von Vodafone Italia einen Schritt weiter. Die italienische Kommunikationsaufsichtsbehörde hat grünes Licht für den 8 Milliarden Euro schweren Deal gegeben.

Swisscom offered a second set of remedies to Italy's antitrust authority at the end of October to win approval for a planned deal to combine its Italian arm Fastweb with Vodafone assets in the country,