Ultrafast broadband fiber optic for 30 Italian cities

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). 

A project already foreseen in the Strategic Plan of the Minister Passera for the Digital Agenda Italian a few months ago, when they were found to collide two different ways of thinking about the development of networks. Some, including the flounder, were inclined to the implementation of super-fast networks in major urban centers, those, for instance, are characterized by higher productivity. The problem arises, however, by the fact that these urban centers are also in the interests of the private operators, unlike the more peripheral areas where companies would then face excessive costs in the face of meager earnings.

SOME DOUBTS - Notwithstanding that private operators are naturally attracted to cheaper markets, more effective government action would have been to cover the most disadvantaged areas and far from commercial interests, to bridge the technological gap that still covers some areas of the country (6% in Italy is not covered by any service, according to the latest survey of SOS rates) rather than overlap in urban centers already in development. Telecom has in fact initiated a two billion euro to bring the connection to 100 Megabit in 70% of homes in 99 cities (including those provided by the plans of the Ministry) by 2015, reaching 215 by 2020. In a first step, however, the famous "last mile" will still be the traditional copper pair, only later replaced with fiber to the home. The Minister Passera announced a few days ago that the digital divide will be cleared within a few months but at present the investments planned by the government are focused exclusively to areas already in the interests of individuals, then already in anticipation of coverage.

 

 

06/06/2012

 

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Italian version of CercaGeometra.it