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The Italian government must pay approximately one billion euros to Tim after the Court of Cassation rejected an appeal regarding a contested 1998 concession fee.This final ruling concludes a legal battle spanning over 20 years after the EU previously determined the fee was not owed following the privatization of the former state monopoly.
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