Brazil’s national telecoms regulator Anatel could force Telecom Italia (TI) to divest its Brazilian mobile operator TIM Participacoes (TIM Brasil) if Spanish telco Telefonica completes the acquisition of 100% of Telco – the controlling shareholder in TI – Reuters quotes an unnamed source at the watchdog as saying. Last week, Telefonica confirmed it had struck a deal worth around EUR860 million (USD1.16 billion) to increase its stake in Telco.