Virgin arrives in Italy and is a candidate to offer fiber optic connections on the network of Open Fiber. The news, not confirmed by official sources, was anticipated by Il Sole 24 Ore which reports that the telecommunications market in Italy, already overcrowded, is thus destined to host yet another operator, in this case represented by the Virgin brand of the histrionic Richard Branson already operating in the UK, Ireland and Spain.
VIRGIN, HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO ACTIVATE A FIBER CONNECTION ON THE OPEN FIBER NETWORK
Virgin's offer to customers, conveyed by the Open Fiber network, can only be activated online and will cost 29,49 euros per month plus a one-off cost for installation and start-up of the service of 19,99 euros. Through Open Fiber's FTTH network, that is, the one that reaches homes, Virgin expects to serve over 10 million real estate units in 224 cities throughout the country. The order can only be made using Visa and Mastercard credit cards.
For Open Fiber, which is led by a school manager Telecom Italy very experienced as is the new CEO Mario Rossetti, the agreement with Virgin means adding one more customer to the portfolio in addition to Vodafone, Wind Tre, Iliad and Sky.
OPEN FIBER WAITING FOR THE SINGLE NETWORK WITH TIM AFFECTED BY POLITICAL INTERFERENCES
It is not a trivial novelty even if on the whole panorama of Italian telecommunications and especially on the project of single network between Tim and Open Fiber headed by CDP hangs the political uncertainty linked to the elections of 25 September and the daily raids on the matter of the Brothers of Italy which has already sent the Tim share on the Stock Exchange up and down in complete silence from Consob.
