意大利电信公司行将拆分

Telecom Italia, Europe's fifth-largest telecommunications company, announced plans to split its fixed-line and mobile phone units into separate companies. After spinning off their mobile operation Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) in the 1990s, Telecom Italia bought them back and merged¹ them into their existing operation. Last week, they announced that they would listen to offers to buy TIM as they focus the fixed-line business more on delivering broadband content over the Internet. Deutsche Bank has estimated TIM's value at over $53 billion. Amid criticism of the reorganization from investors² and the Italian government, an Italian telecommunications regulatory agency announced that they would review the plan. Telecom Italia chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera then resigned his position, although he still owns a large share of the company.

1 merged   

（使）混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 )； 相融； 融入； 渐渐消失在某物中

参考例句：

• Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
• The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会