The challenge between Enel and Telecom Italia for broadband begins in Umbria and in particular in Perugia. Today, Wednesday 25 May, Enel presented the new 1000 Megabit per second fiber services in the capital: Enel Open Fiber, the company that is in charge of this project, together with the Region and the Municipality will work for a plan that provides for coverage of 80 properties by 2017, with an investment of 30 million euros for 30 kilometers of fiber optics.
This will be brought to customers' homes with mobility capable of supporting transmission speeds of up to 1 Gbps. “The project – he said Thomas Pompeii, CEO of Enel Open Fiber – involves 224 Italian cities and Perugia is the first from which we start because they have found fertile ground”. For the president of the Umbria Region Catiuscia Marini "Umbria confirms itself as a front-row region for the digitization of services to citizens and businesses and the public administration".
Thursday is the turn of the presentation by TIM, which will illustrate the development plan that will progressively cover the entire city with fiber-to-the-home services at 1000 Megabits per second, the same speed proposed by Enel. THE the first contracts will be available for subscription from Friday 27 May. At the moment the reference district is that of Fontivegge, in the Station area (moreover the same one from which Enel started).
“With over 4,5 billion euros of investments in the three-year period 2016-2018 for ultra-broadband, our commitment to digitize the country is concrete. The goal is to reach, by the end of 2018, 84% of homes reached by fiber - 20% also with FTTH technology - and 98% mobile ultra broadband coverage", he declared Charles Filangieri, Head of Open Access TIM.
In short, Perugia is the terrain of the first battle for fiber between two contenders: both have FTTH development projects that concern the entire country. Enel aims at 224 cities by 2020, TIM has promised 100 cities by 2018. In fact, both have made purchase proposals for Metroweb, the most coveted fiber operator in the sector for its network in Milan, Genoa, Bologna and Turin. In fact, TIM is also ready to leave in the Lombard capital: starting from next June 1, in fact, all TIM customers who already have an active Fiber offer in FTTH technology or those who choose to activate it, will be able to experience the super-fast connection free of charge up to 1.000 Megabits per second download and 100 Megabits upload.
