The strategic plan provides the fiber ENEL coverage of 224 cities architecture with fiber-to-the-home . Yesterday, the company’s board “has examined and approved” the draft Enel Open Fiber S.p.A. (EOF), the new company formed in December which will deal with operations.
“Enel Open Fiber act as operator wholesale only , that is as a person acting solely in the wholesale market, which creates the infrastructure for other authorized operators,” reads the official statement. In short, the plan from 2.5 billion euro investment includes the involvement of telecommunications operators and the use of existing electrical wiring to proceed with the implementation of the fiber. As already mentioned in the past it comes to leverage existing pipelines, not powerline technologies. Generally Elen online Open Fiber should exploit the electrical conduits placed between street cabinets and counters. Traders should bring into play the routes to the mountain.
“The definition of the strategic plan of Enel Open Fiber is an important step for achieving the objectives of the European Digital Agenda and the Italian strategy for the ultra-broadband. Pass the fiber through the our mains, which arrives in businesses and homes of 32 million Italians, allows a widespread national coverage at competitive costs, creating value for Enel and for all operators who wish to benefit from this important new infrastructure, “said the ‘CEO and general manager of Enel, Francesco Starace.
In the early years will be covered about 7.5 million housing, concentrated in a market success areas (cluster A and B) – ie where competition between operators already exists and are already services provided 30 Mbps. At the moment you have already signed a letter of intent with Vodafone and Wind on the strategic and commercial front.
“EOF remains open for business cooperation with all retail operators wishing to enable their customers to the new network of EOF same,” concludes the note.
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