(Telecompaper) Italian communications regulator Agcom has announced that it's essentially opposed to the initial plan submitted by Telecom Italia (TIM) to spin off its fixed access network into a fully controlled separate company. In a lengthy document published on its website, Agcom stopped short of rejecting TIM's proposal to legally separate its network into a new entity (Netco) but said the separation would allow it to retain significant market power in that it could continue favouring its own companies to the detriment of competitors.