Italian phone company Telecom Italia could halt its plan to spin off its fixed-line network, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, as a row over tariffs with the local regulator heats up.

A failure for the spin-off project would be another setback for Chairman Franco Bernabe’s efforts to revive the debt-laden group, following the collapse earlier this month of tie-up talks with Hutchison Whampoa.

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