Italy faces growing pressure to strengthen its telecommunications infrastructure and digital sector to help improve the performance of an economy that has been in virtual stagnation for two decades.

"We are creating a plan to give our country the digital infrastructure, the digital highways like any other European country," Industry Minister Federica Guidi told reporters.

The European Commission ranks Italy near the bottom of the 28-member EU in terms of digital economy and online services.

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Source: http://www.euractiv.com/