(FILES) A picture taken in Milan on April 5, 2018 shows the logo of TIM, the Italian telecomunications company. Telecom Italia's CEO poured scorn on April 5, 2018 on an activist investor fund's chances of breaking telecommunications giant Vivendi's control of the Italian company, ahead of two key shareholders meetings. Telecom Italia (TIM) said on October 2, 2024 it had received a non-binding 700 million euros bid for the purchase of its Sparkle submarine cable unit from Italy's finance ministry and Spanish fund Asterion. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)