TIM Brasil buys back its fiber JV, conceding neutral networks 'lacked economics'
Five years after creating I-Systems with IHS to swap fiber capex for wholesale opex, TIM is taking control back — low occupancy killed the scale economics.
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Five years after creating I-Systems with IHS to swap fiber capex for wholesale opex, TIM is taking control back — low occupancy killed the scale economics.
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