shares in telecom italia spa jumped on thursday on reports that privateequity firm kkr  co has reconfirmed its interest in a takeover of the company kkr said in a letter this week that it remains interested in the former italian telecoms monopoly reuters and bloomberg reported citing unnamed sources the newyork based firm had positive exchanges with national authorities on the matter according to reuters at 1300 gmt shares were up 96 to 33 european cents in november kkr made an approach for the company valuing tim at 108 billion euros 1189 billion with a view to taking it private earlier this month tim said it would enter into formal negotiations with the privateequity company leading shares higher kkr also expressed interest in integrating tims fixedline telecoms assets with those of rival open fiber according to reuters kkr declined to comment when approached by dow jones newswires telecom italia didnt immediately respond to a request for comment