MILAN- Telecom Italia is considering bringing investors on board in its cloud and undersea cable businesses, the phone group's chief executive said on Wednesday.

Any such consideration on the entry of potential investors in (cloud unit) Noovle and Sparkle would be made by the end of the year, Luigi Gubitosi told analysts in a conference call on first-half results.

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