Infratel Italia has officially awarded Open Fiber the five lots of the first tender to build ultra-broadband infrastructure in the white areas of the country, known as "market failure". This was announced by the company controlled by Invitalia in a press release.
"The board of directors - we read - approved the award proposal after the tender commission communicated that it had completed all the formalities required by law".
The five lots involve "six regions for a total amount, before tender discounts, of approximately 1,4 billion euros, and are divided as follows: 123 million for Lot 1 (Abruzzo and Molise), 232 million for Lot 2 (Emilia Romagna), 439 million for Lot 3 (Lombardy), 222 million for Lot 4 (Tuscany) and 388 million for Lot 5 (Veneto)".
“We are obviously satisfied with the outcome of the tender – commented Franco Bassanini, president of Open Fiber – It is an important recognition for our company and for the quality of our offer. In Open Fiber there are the skills, technologies and capabilities to offer cutting-edge solutions for the design of the networks of the future and to offer advanced and competitive services” for families, businesses and public administrations.
"We want to make a decisive contribution to bridging the gap that Italy has accumulated in the development of digital network technologies in line with the objectives of the Government's Ultra-Broadband Plan and the European Digital Agenda".
