Enel: floor 2.5 billion for the fiber in 224 cities – The Republic

MILAN – takes shape, Enel’s plan for the optical fiber, announced at a hearing in Parliament by the managing director, Francesco Starace, only a few days ago. The board of directors has given the green light to the project in the ultra-broadband access for 7.5 million homes in Italy. Under the plan, the dedicated company, Enel Open Fiber, colleagues 224 Italian cities with a network “fiber to the home” through investments of around 2.5 billion euro. The network says Enel “will be open to the participation of other investors.” In this sense, the board of directors has “shared a letter of intent between Eof, Vodafone and Wind aimed, through a series of steps, to define a strategic partnership and comemrciale”. At the door, for the moment, other competitors who proceed with their plans. Speaking in the Senate, however, Starace had ensured that the Enel “continues to talk to everyone,” and are “open tables with Telecom and Fastweb Metroweb is also interested in various way. There is the interest of all” .

Coming though the plan, detailing the electric company that will implement Eof “through various stages the network of telecommunications fiber optic in 224 Italian cities located in a market success areas (the so-called cluster a and B, where state incentive is not necessary because the investment will return for the companies that operate the services on the fiber). This network will be made entirely of optical fiber up to the customer’s home, in ftth mode (fiber to the home) ” . Enel Open Fiber, Enel stresses, “will act as operator wholesale only, ie solely as a subject operating in the wholesale market, which makes the infrastructure to other licensed operators.

<'p> The Eof companies, after’ agreement with Wind and Vodafone, will “still be open for business cooperation with all retail operators wishing to enable their customers to the new network.” Starace for “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 our mains, which arrives in companies and in the homes of 32 million Italians, allowing widespread coverage of the national territory at competitive prices, creating value for Enel and for all operators who wish to benefit from this important new infrastructure. “

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Enel

Enel Open fiber

fiber optic

broadband

vodafone

Wind

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