Connect about 3 thousand house numbers to provide citizens, businesses, schools and public bodies with Terlizzi of a ultrafast network innovative, safe and sustainable.
In Puglia, the optical fiber of Open Fiber it also reaches the town in the province of Bari, involved like other Municipalities in the digitization project "Italia a 1 Giga".
Italian strategy for ultra-broadband
The initiative is part of Italian Strategy for Ultra-Broadband (BUL), financed with funds from PNRR, and concerns areas not covered by at least one network capable of providing download connection speeds equal to or greater than 300 Mbit/s, which largely coincide with the so-called gray areas.
In particular, the call provides for the connection of approx 3 thousand civic distributed throughout the territory which correspond to almost 4 thousand real estate units.
The small town of the lower Murgia is therefore equipped with a FTTH infrastructure (Fiber To The Home), the only technological solution capable of guaranteeing connection speeds of up to 10 Gigabits per second and latency of less than 5 milliseconds. Services that facilitate the use of numerous services: from telemedicine to smart working, up to distance learning.
La ultrabroadband network it also allows you to connect the municipal public services, enabling the so-called Smart City which makes urban centers modern, technologically advanced and future-proof.
Ultra-broadband: essential and modern technological infrastructure for Terlizzi
“I work for the creation of ultra-broadband will endow part of our community with aessential and modern technological infrastructure that will not leave Terlizzi behind compared to other cities. This is an innovative project that will allow citizens and entrepreneurs of Terlizzi to access a fast connection of the highest quality directly in homes, offices and companies reached by the modern infrastructure. With the provision of optical fiber, continues the path of digital transition of our Municipality immediately started with the councilor for the branch, Francesca Scolamacchia, and which represents for the municipal administration an important opportunity for development for the local economy and for social growth" says the Mayor Michelangelo De Chirico.
Open Fiber, Guerrera: optical fiber is a strategic technology for the digital growth of territories
" optical fiber is a strategic technology for the digital growth of territories and their productivity, because it is high-performance and guarantees optimal performance in any condition, allowing stable and high-performance access to numerous cutting-edge digital services. There network in FTTH is modern because it was designed in a future-proof key so as not to become obsolete as technological progress progresses. Furthermore, the cables are structured so as not to be affected by wear, adverse weather conditions and long distances that compromise their functionality” he explains Gianfranco Guerreraregional manager of Open Fiber in Puglia.
Open Fiber she won a total of 8 lots in the tender, For a total of 3.881 municipalities in 9 regions: Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Lombardy, Puglia, Sicily, Tuscany and Veneto. The plan includes the construction of high-speed telecommunications networks with a coverage of 3,9 million civilians.
with over 14,5 million property units already connected in Italy to its new ultra-broadband network, the company aims to cover around 25 million real estate units, equal to 94% of Italian municipalities.
Il overall plan, between private and public investment, goes further 15 billion euros.
To date, ultra-fast connectivity on the network created by Open Fiber is available in 225 cities and over 4200 small municipalities.
Open Fiber is the main Italian operator of FTTH optical fiber and among the leaders in Europe. Being a wholesale-only operator, it does not sell fiber optic services directly to the end customer, but makes its infrastructure available to all interested operators on equal terms.
