FiberCop presents its first financial results as of September 30, 2024: revenues of 2,9 billion euros and a rapidly expanding Ftth coverage. The company is positioned as a leader in wholesale broadband in Italy, with solid investment plans and strategies…
Record Speed Thanks to Nokia: Open Fiber Opens New Frontiers for Innovation and Digital Services
The project involves the purchase by Mobily (a telecom operator in Saudi Arabia) of fiber on Sparkle's submarine cable systems, with completion expected in 2025.
Deal priced at $38,50 per share, a 44% premium to the average price. Verizon will significantly expand its fiber optic network, serving approximately 10 million customers and covering more than 25 million locations. The deal,…
Open Fiber has completed the work of the "Italy 1 Giga Plan" in Cetara and Vietri sul Mare, bringing optical fiber to the home and offering speeds of up to 10 Gigabits per second. The service is now available for…
FiberCop, the new company of the telecommunications network, strengthens its team with the entry of Roberta Vivenzio, communications expert, who will lead the company's external and internal relations and brand strategy
FiberCop aims to become the main infrastructure operator in Italy. With an investment of 1,4 billion euros, the company accelerates the development of the fiber optic network
The two companies work in synergy with the reuse of existing infrastructures to strengthen the FTTH network, as part of the "1 Giga Italy" plan created with Pnrr funds
Sparkle, a TIM Group company, received the prestigious "Best WAN Solution Provider" award at the 2024 Carrier Community Global Awards for its innovative WAN solutions that support the digital transformation of businesses
Fastweb exits FiberCop, selling 4,5% to Kkr for 438,7 million euros. Despite the exit, Fastweb will continue to honor the existing wholesale agreement, ensuring that the transaction will not impact the current provision of wholesale services
Tim launches the plan to switch off copper power plants to encourage fiber optics. By 2028, over 6.700 decommissioned power plants, benefits for performance and the environment. Better connections, less CO2 emissions
Work continues to connect the so-called white areas identified in the Infratel tenders. Work on the construction of the new ultra-fast FTTH network has been completed in Alvignano in the province of Caserta. 1.788 real estate units connected
Work continues to connect the so-called white areas identified in the Infratel tenders. The creation of the new Ftth network has been completed in Radda in Chianti (Siena). 1.000 real estate units connected, another 1036 in Balvano
At the end of September, the company had completed 78% of the infrastructure and completed the work in 74% of the municipalities involved (over 4600 out of approximately 6200) in the Bul Plan. At the ANCI, meetings with local administrators from all over Italy to discuss the progress of…
The new public ultra-broadband telecommunications network is available in Accettura in the province of Matera. Served 1.275 real estate units through FTTH (Fiber-to-the-home) and FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) technologies. The works are part…
The new ultra-fast network is available in the municipality of Montemesola in the province of Taranto. 1.546 real estate units will be served through FTTH (Fiber-to-the-home) and FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) technologies. The works are part of the Bul plan,…
The TIM Group company whose Tier-type network it manages has announced the activation of the commercial service on the first section of the BlueMed submarine cable which connects Palermo to Genoa and continues on to Milan. High-speed connections of…
The new ultra-fast network is available in the municipality of Villarosa in the province of Enna. 2.608 real estate units will be served through FTTH (Fiber-to-the-home) and FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) technologies
The works for the FTTH network in Gagliano del Capo in the province of Lecce have been completed. The work is part of the Ultra Broadband Plan which aims to digitize the entire Italian territory
A new chapter of ultra-fast connectivity for Lajatico and Palaia thanks to the optical fiber of Open Fiber: a cutting-edge digital future for the province of Pisa
Enel launches Enel Fibra, a new Fiber To The Home technology offer. Speeds of up to 1 Gigabit/s download and 300 Mbit/s upload without activation costs
The agreement with the Department for digital transformation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy and that of Infrastructure and Transport, for the diffusion of ultra-fast networks throughout the national territory…
The area of the municipality of Rosarno is covered. The FTTH infrastructure makes it possible to surf at up to 10 Gbps and access numerous digital services
The investment for the cabling of the Bari town is financed with the PNRR funds of the "1 Giga Italy Plan". The FTTH infrastructure makes it possible to surf at up to 10 Gbps and access numerous digital services
Bertinetti Open Fiber: "The first phase of the plan has been completed and the 2023 tenders awarded for the second and third phases"
From today, through the OF partner operators, a 2,5 Gbps FTTH connectivity offer is available which includes a FRITZ!Box 5530 Fiber modem
The commitments undertaken by the operators, according to the Authority, will make it possible to reduce the barriers to competition and to favor the development of the fiber infrastructure
Thanks to fiber there will be new opportunities in the Lazio municipality and a general improvement in the quality of smart working.
At the end of the plan, a margin of more than 75% is expected, with over 2 billion euros in revenues - The break even is expected for 2026
I-Com report on digital in Italy and in Europe: in the Top 10 Italian regions for coverage at at least 1 Gigabit per second we do not find Lombardy. On the podium Friuli Venezia Giulia, Sicily and Trentino Alto Adige. Well Lazio too...
The optical fiber arrives in the city-symbol of chocolate: Modica in Sicily - The Open Fiber port which has already connected 5 real estate units which will become 17
The partnership between Sky Wifi and Open Fiber is strengthened and expanded in the country, which will also concern the so-called white areas, already reached by the company controlled by CDP
Aruba offers new services on OF's FTTH network thanks to the 1 Giga connection. Proposals for companies, professionals and individuals to improve digitization
Cassa depositi e prestiti takes the field in telecommunications: its president Gorno Tempini will enter the board of directors of Tim and Cdp is preparing to increase to 60% of Open Fiber, bringing the goal of a single network closer. The directors have resigned…
Advance the plan on FTTH optical fiber. The company led by Elisabetta Ripa has connected around 6 real estate units, which will therefore be able to navigate at a connection speed of up to one gigabyte per second
The Kkr fund would have started talks with the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund to sell it 30% of the vehicle that will control 37,5% of FiberCop - In transparency, the Arabs would control 11% of the newco
The group announces a 150 million deal with the French satellite company - Meanwhile, Tim is also preparing to buy 10% of Satispay
After the first part of the year conditioned by the lockdown, in the third quarter the telephone company recorded improvements especially in terms of commercial indicators
Those with an ISEE of less than 20 euros will be able to access the 500-euro bonus to activate an Internet connection of at least 30 Mbps and buy a tablet or PC
Nokia to supply optical transport technologies - Goal is to expand ultra-fast fiber infrastructure across Italy faster
Green light from the Government to the path identified by Cdp and Tim for the creation of a single company to manage the broadband network - A memorandum of understanding signed with Tiscali to define the terms of the commercial participation of the…
In the last five months, the company led by Luigi Gubitosi has wired over 2.000 Municipalities in the so-called white areas, i.e. rural or low-density areas, with ultra-broadband.
The interests of Enel and Tim, competing for Oi Movel, could intertwine again even outside Italy. The Italian group does not comment on Bloomberg's rumors
The stop comes from ministers Gualtieri and Patuanelli who are pushing for the Single Network. The BoD acknowledges and postpones the decision on the offer of the fund of 31 billion for the copper network to 1,8 August. During the semester, the…
The funds arriving from Europe, even if not immediately, are a great opportunity to free the Italian economy from the bottlenecks that have penalized our productivity for too long but we need to accompany them with the necessary reforms - Here are the ones
In Italy, Orange Business Services will use the Open Fiber ultra-broadband network, which will allow the French company's client companies to navigate at high speed
According to the Desi index of the European Commission, Italy, despite the efforts made in recent years, still lags behind in connectivity - Meanwhile, Open Fiber brings ultra-fast fiber to the slopes of Etna
From 2018 to 2019 there are 1,9 million more homes that have access to fiber, Italy ranks second in Europe for network growth - Bassanini, Open Fiber: "Italy started late, but we are…
The company also announces that it has concluded the initial work of the joint working groups with Infratel on the testing activities of the fiber works
Tim wants to speed up the fiber network and welcomes the offer of the American fund KKR to take over a stake - The Gubitosi group wins the tender for Wi-Fi connections in 5.500 municipalities
Ultra-fast connection already in place for 8 properties - At the end of the works, more than 39 real estate units will be served for a total of 650 km of optical fiber.
The company led by Gubitosi would be close to an agreement with Kkr that would unblock the Open Fiber dossier and bring investments to the secondary network - Tim Brasil publishes accounts above expectations - Tim shares run in Milan
Cagliari flies at full speed with Open Fiber: the works to wire 94 thousand real estate units have been completed. The degree of use of fiber services is among the highest in Italy
In June 2019, ultra-broadband surpassed broadband, connections above 30 mb/s reached 50,3% of the total - FTTH fiber over 1 million accesses
Investment of 5 million to connect 15 thousand real estate units
The company led by Elisabetta Ripa brings FTTH fiber to Asti - Connection signed with the Municipality
Wiring work completed, 147 real estate units covered in the Apulian capital - Phase 2 is underway which includes the suburbs - Private investment over 40 million
Signed the contract between the company led by Elisabetta Ripa and the Municipality of Savona
The marketing of fiber-optic services to homes begins. The top 15.000 homes can now surf at ultra-fast speeds. Here are the plans for the Capital and how to activate the service
The agreement will make it possible to "turn on" all the access infrastructures of the public fiber optic network built by Infratel in 8 Regions, involving 600 municipalities
The agreement will allow the company created by F2i to use the Open Fiber fiber optic network throughout the country
The two companies have signed an agreement to extend Vodafone and Open Fiber's FTTH fiber services to municipalities in white areas
During the meeting held in London, the priorities of the alliance between wholesale only and open access operators were established, including the fight against false fiber advertising
A 2018 resolution by AGCom was supposed to shed light on the real speeds of the connections sold and how to recognize commercial offers on the fly. However, not everything is clear yet
First test in Italy, successful - To download a 4GByte 50k game it takes 2 hours with a 50Mbps connection, while with a 10Gbps one it takes only 40 seconds
This is the MassLink, with FlexRibbon technology and the highest number of fibers in the industry (6.912 fibers)
During a hearing in the Chamber on 5G, both Ad Ripa and the president of Open Fiber, Franco Bassanini, answered questions about the single network in no uncertain terms: "Our plan is known and our shareholders are aligned, not…
The arrival of Iliad, the 5G tender, the new fiber network to be built: the telecommunications battlefield in Italy is very competitive. The spiral "more Giga, less euro" tightens the operators just as the technological revolution forces to…
The strategies of the two groups on the new fiber optic network, pure or with copper, oppose each other and are not seen for now, agreements in sight. Of has opened construction sites in 100 major cities and will reach 1000 active construction sites…
In 19 million homes it is therefore possible to navigate with a maximum download speed ranging from 100 to 1.000 megabits per second - 116 municipalities with a 1 gigabyte connection, 1800 to 200 megabits.
The two companies have reached a framework agreement: it is the first in the direction of a single ultra-broadband network and has been interpreted as the first sign of a thaw between Tim, Enel and Cdp. The towers will be used by OF…
The CEO silences the rumors about his possible exit and thunders against the board: "Some members committed to spreading false conjectures" - On the network: "We will do everything to ensure that it is spun off", while on the fiber reiterates the openness to Open Fibers
Financial statements closed with a profit up by 8,7% - Ferraris "The growth will continue in the next few years" - 200 million investments in 5 years in Fiber, share +11,3% in 2017 - Bastioli: "Since 2010 we have removed 1.000 km of…
The two companies will work together to accelerate the adoption of fiber and Pay TV in Italy.
Agcom is about to publish a regulation that will require the various companies to affix a stamp that certifies the real quality of the connections offered. We will go from the green dot for the "Superfibra" to the purple dot for the Fixed Wireless - Here…
On Golden Power, the CEO denies the rumors about the appeals: "We intend to comply with the Government's indications" - The new industrial plan will be presented in February - March.
The CEO of Open Fiber, Tomnmaso Pompei, is about to leave the leadership of the company controlled by Enel and Cdp due to disagreements with the shareholders and with the president Bassanini - The company does not confirm but is already naming its…
First half of the year - as at 30 September 2017 - positive for Vodafone. The British group is growing globally in terms of revenues and EBITDA, net debt is decreasing. Vodafone Italia also did well, with revenues from services growing -…
Fast fiber optic internet in 3.700 municipalities and for 6,8 million citizens in the white areas of Piedmont, Valle d'Aosta, Liguria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, the Autonomous Province of Trento, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Basilicata, Sicily. Signed the contract for…
The total value of the contract is over 33 million euro, of which 28,5 million relating to the supply of cables for the Ultra-broadband Digital Plan.
After the 120 million invested in Turin for the installation of the ultra-fast fiber, another 40 million are arriving for the works in the Turin hinterland and in Vercelli
The Enel-Cdp joint venture concluded a memorandum with Acea valid until the end of the year to bring ultrafiber to Rome. With Sky instead, negotiations are underway: the broadcaster aims to create a TV offer on the Internet, for premium customers with a connection…
WEEKEND INTERVIEW with FRANCO BASSANINI, president of OPEN FIBER. "The future will belong to the Gigabit society: a thousand Mega and beyond. We want to provide a 100% fiber network and we are applying to become the backbone for the future network…
After Tim it's up to Fastweb, the last operator left on the market to offer ADSL and telephone fees with monthly payment - From May, pricing will be every 4 weeks - Customers will therefore have to pay an extra fee each year, from…
From today, companies present in 8 Italian industrial areas will be able to request a dedicated offer to navigate up to 1 Gbps thanks to Vodafone's Fiber to the Home (FttH) network infrastructure - Agreement signed with the Ministry of Labor for…
The news, reported by Il Sole 24 Ore, is that in the chess game for the fiber the TLC has responded to the Enel-Metroweb agreement by signing an agreement with A2a in recent weeks for the joint development of fiber optic infrastructure in…
The goal is to connect three million housing units in the main 29 cities by fiber optics already covered by the FTTC (which guarantees speeds of at least 1 Gb per second) by 2020 - The planned investment is 1,2 billion - Meanwhile,…
The president of the Antitrust, in his annual report to the Senate, underlines that the sanctions imposed on operators from 1 January 2015 to May 2016 have grown sharply to a total of 504 million. On ultra-broadband "no cross-subsidies". "Internet…
Quang Ngo Dinh, Vodafone's Marketing Business manager, explains the advantages of the elimination and the new programs of the British telephone group for business customers: from "First class" for professionals with VAT numbers to "We care" to build customer loyalty…
After CdP, F2i also prefers Enel to Telecom Italia. The company's board has given a mandate to CEO Renato Ravanelli to explore possible alternatives with Enel and then report to the board - For the closing of the operation, the choice of…
The two companies compete in Perugia with new 1000 Megabit fiber services - This is the first head-on collision in the area, but there are also other fronts: first of all Metroweb.
The dispute between the two groups for control of the fiber company in the hands of CDP is growing. While the details of the proposal presented yesterday by the electricity group are better known, it has been leaked that Telecom Italia would be willing to put…
The indiscretions published by Repubblica confirm the presentation of the offer. This would be a proposal that includes the exchange of shares between the 46% controlled by Cdp Equity and the new Open Fiber controlled by Enel - No comments from…
In Milan, Bologna and Turin, Vodafone is launching 500 Mbps fiber with Fiber to the Home (FTTH) technology, thus becoming the first operator to reach this speed in Italy.
The CEO of the electricity group in the Senate explains the details of the new project. And on Metroweb he says: "No brakes. If there's good, otherwise good all the same". Enel could give up control of the newco but only in the future. Addition to the order of…
The goal is to extend coverage from 30 to 50% by 2020 and increase connection speeds to 200 megabits per second
The CEO of the electricity group, awarded "Energy Man of the Year" by Staffetta daily, does not exclude the discussion in the Board of Directors on March 22, set for the approval of the 2015 financial statements. "We will not leave alone". "Possible" that the two telephone groups examine the project in…
