500 million of the Deposits and Loans Fund will contribute to the plan of ultra-fast broadband coverage to 30 cities by 2017. Telecom is investing in infrastructure but also the government's plans are likely to overlap with those of the giant telephone.
The design for the ultra-fast broadband in Italy seems to really materialize. After the empty promises of previous governments some concern was obvious, and yet, for the first time in Italy, the Executive invests directly in the infrastructure plans of the country. It is a sign that something is changing, will be the diktat from Europe, will the digital revolution that hit Italy in the post-Berlusconi (as claimed by the NYT) the fact is that for the first time the policy meets the network , instead of trying to fight it or limit it. The news is in fact that the Deposits and Loans Fund has released a first tranche of 200 million (which will be followed by another of 300) to be invested to bring fiber to the home of 30 Italian cities by 2017 by TLC Networks. The cities are Brescia, Bergamo, Como, Monza, Turin, Genoa, Prato, Livorno, Florence, Rome, Naples and Salerno, Messina, Palermo, Catania, Reggio Calabria, Taranto, Bari, Foggia Pescara, Ancona, Bologna, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Venice, Trieste, Udine, Padua, Vicenza, Verona and Milan (already covered by Metroweb).