ROME, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Italy is aiming to have just one

fiber network company operating in the country, a top Treasury

official said on Thursday.

Marcello Sala, in charge of managing policies for

state-controlled firms, was asked at a Bloomberg event in Milan

about the logic behind the Treasury's purchase this year, in a

consortium led by U.S fund KKR, of a stake in Telecom

Italia's fixed access network.

"The goal is to have just one company in the country for the

fiber network," Sala said.