MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) is eyeing a preliminary agreement with state lender CDP over a long-held plan to merge TIM’s network assets with those of state-backed rival Open Fiber as early as next week, two sources said on Friday. Under pressure for years in its hyper-competitive domestic market, debt-laden TIM last month started formal talks with CDP to revive a plan to create a single broadband network champion. Negotiations came at a time when TIM CEO Pietro Labriola, who took the helm of the company in January, is working on a proposal to break up TIM’s operations in a bid to un…