News and BusinessViavi Solutions Inc. says Italian wholesale fibre provider Open Fiber, has selected a centralised optical test solution from VIAVI to support its goal of delivering 100% ultra-broadband coverage with Gigabit speeds for the whole of Italy. By the end of its nine plan, Open Fiber aims to cover approximately 24 million households, including unserved and […]
News and BusinessTelecom Italia has signed a non-disclosure agreement with state lender CDP and the utility firm Enel to begin talks on ways of integrating its fibre optic network with smaller rival Open Fiber. The talks will include a possible merger between the two fibre providers. “In relation to continuous press rumours,” said TIM, “the company confirms […]
News and BusinessFastweb and Open Fiber (OF) have signed an agreement under which Fastweb will be able to use FTTH connections across Italy built by OF in areas not covered by its proprietary infrastructure. The deal includes FTTH access in 80 Italian cities. OF in turn may purchase wholesale use of the Fastweb fibre infrastructure needed for […]
News and BusinessItalian wholesale fibre supplier Open Fiber has reported on progress in its ultra wideband roll-out, and unveiled its plans for 2019 at an event in Rome. The event was attended by the national Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) and state-owned infrastructure agency Infratel Italia SpA. Open Fiber said that by the end of February 2019 […]
News and BusinessItalian wholesale broadband provider Open Fiber, has selected Nokia for a FTTH rollout that will bring ultra-broadband services to the small towns and rural areas of Italy. The Open Fiber network will bring optical fibre from a point of presence to the customer’s home and deliver speeds of up to 1Gbps. In line with the […]
News and BusinessLargest Ever EMEA Structured Finance Operation For Full Fibre Access Italy’s wholesale provider Open Fiber has signed a seven-year €3.5 billion finance deal to fund the expansion of its FTTH network. The deal, inked with a pool of commercial banks, the public sector investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and the European Investment Bank (EIB), […]
News and BusinessItaly’s wholesale network reseller Open Fiber and Italian provider of data and infrastructure services Retelit have signed a commercial agreement to extend their infrastructure across the country. The goal is to offer customers ultra-broadband connectivity and services based entirely on fibre running as far as customer homes and premises. Under the terms of the deal, […]
News and BusinessItalian wholesale network reseller Open Fiber has reported the successful completion of tests on its ZION photonic backbone network. The tests on ZION, billed as Italy’s first scalable 200 Gbits/s long haul network, were conducted on the Rome to Florence section of the infrastructure. ZION is also the first Italian optical network to use Huawei’s […]
News and BusinessItalian wholesale operator Open Fiber, public sector investment house Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) and the City of Pisa have signed a €12 million undertaking to build an FTTH network to service the inhabitants of Pisa. Work will commence in November, and the aim is to cover the city within 18 months. In total, 35,000 […]