From agile working to telemedicine, including training, cloud computing, and digital public services. Open Fiber brings its FTTH network story to the Rimini Meeting and its impact on the daily lives of citizens, businesses, and communities. The company will participate in the 47th edition of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, scheduled for the Rimini Fair. from the 21 to the 26 August 2026, with a space dedicated to what it calls “the enabling fiber”.
The goal is to showcase fiber optics not just as a technological infrastructure, but as a tool capable of making new services and opportunities accessible. The public will thus be able to ideally enter the network. Fiber To The Home, discovering the work and technologies needed to bring a fully fiber connection to homes, offices, and public administration buildings.
From telemedicine to smart working, what fiber enables
At the heart of the Open Fiber space will be the concrete uses made possible by a stable, high-performance connection. Smart working, distance learning, telemedicine, entertainment, home automation, cloud services, and digitalization of public administration These will be some of the areas through which the company will showcase the network's role in the country's transformation. The widespread diffusion of fiber also takes on a social dimension, according to Open Fiber. Greater availability of high-performance connections can facilitate access to employment, training, healthcare, and public services, while also contributing to reduce digital distances between large cities, small towns and internal areas.
Inside the stand, visitors will also be able to check network coverage directly. By entering their address, they can check whether their number is already covered by the network. Open Fiber FTTH and learn more about the connection's features. The journey will be rounded out with interactive content and an immersive experience dedicated to the everyday uses of fiber.
Open Fiber, over 17,4 million housing units reached
Participation in the Meeting, which this year has the title “The love that moves the sun and the other stars”, will also offer an opportunity for discussion with citizens, businesses, institutions, and local administrators on the importance of digital infrastructure for Italy's competitiveness and development. Open Fiber operates according to the model wholesale only: it does not directly market services to end users, but makes its infrastructure available to interested operators under fair and non-discriminatory conditions.
Al June 30, 2026The company's network reaches over 17,4 million homes in 6.410 municipalities, has more than 4,3 million customers, and extends over 168 kilometers. These numbers place Open Fiber as the leading Italian operator in fiber-to-the-home connections and among the major European players in the sector.
