Tim will start dismantling the first ones tomorrow 62 entirely copper power plants, thus starting the plan switch off the network copper access. The plan envisages the progressive shutdown of over 6.700 power plants out of approximately 10.500 by 2028 to encourage theadoption of optical fiber and accelerate the digitalisation of the country.
The power plants affected are located in 54 municipalities in 11 Italian regions: Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Lombardy, Molise, Puglia, Sicily, Tuscany and Veneto. The passage will involve the link migration ADSL, ISDN and RTG telephone lines to the new TIM fiber network.
Improved performance and reduction of Co2 emissions
The migration of customers towards ultra-broadband connections will improve significantly performance , quality of the service, with significant environmental benefits. The decommissioning of copper power plants will reduce energy consumption by approximately 450 thousand MWh and emissions CO2 of 209.600.000 kg, equivalent to planting 16.108.000 trees. These interventions, approved by AGCom, are part of a technological renewal plan which involves the decommissioning of copper power plants.
Tim informed the interested municipal administrations and organized specific meetings on the topic.
“We are embarking on an important phase of transformation of our access network. The migration from the access services offered on the copper network to those available on the new generation network marks the start of the switch off process, which will affect over 60% of our exchanges present in the territory, located mainly in peripheral areas or municipalities of small size. In order to decommission such a large number of exchanges, constant commitment to the creation of networks that use optical fiber in whole or in part and to the innovation of obsolete technological platforms becomes essential. We are working to accelerate the process and create the conditions to shut down a significant number of power plants in the next two years,” he declared Elizabeth Romano, Chief Network Operations & Wholesale Officer of Tim.
