M&A, IP, Patents Private equity firms Asterion Industrial Partners and Nextalia Sgr are considering bids for BT Group’s Italian arm, BT Italia. The deadline for bids is late July. The Italian unit has been the subject of an accounting scandal and several convictions of fraud. Zegona Communications, the new owner of Vodafone Spain, has signed an agreement with staff and trade unions to cut 898 staff at the Spanish firm. In a matter of fancy corporate restructuring, the parent company of Thai MNO, AIS, is to merger with its largest shareholder, Gulf Energy Development. The new merger between Intouch Holdings and Gulf Energy Development is valued at more than $20 billion. Both companies are owned by Thai billionaire Sarath Ratanavadi. Huawei has filed…