Open Fiber continues work on the 1 Giga Italy Plan: another 58 Municipalities arrive in FTTH

TechTrick January 11, 2024

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Open Fiber reaches another 276 Municipalities in FTTH and FWA in Infratel areas

The work continues apace Open Fiber for the 1 Giga Italy planand in recent days the lists have been updated with 58 new Municipalities to which the saleability to operators (by the way, why pay more for the Internet connection? Always take a look at our tool with the best fiber offers on the market, to always be aware of any offers).

At this point, however, a clarification must be made. For those who don’t remember, the 1 Giga plan is part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan for the construction of an ultra-broadband network, which will also guarantee 3 thousand Italian municipalities a connection speed in line with the European objectives of the Gigabit society and the Digital Compass.

Open Fiber had won the 3.8 billion euro Pnrr tender together with TIM and announced the areas assigned in May 2022, with the first municipalities arrived in March 2023.

However, when the company jointly with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti announces the sale to operators in new municipalitiesdoesn’t mean these weren’t already there covered at least in part from other plans FFTH to private investment, but which is the first time they have been covered by the 1 Giga plan.

This is because the municipalities on the list include gray areas, i.e. areas where broadband connectivity coverage via optical fiber is partial or limited, therefore served by pre-existing or new PoPs (Points of Presence) in proximity to bound PCNs. PoPs are the infrastructure nodes that host fixed access and transport/backhauling network elements.

The affected areas can also be part of Municipalities which can be partially black areas (areas with at least two ultra-broadband networks from different operators) and therefore already covered, and it is not certain that all the operators present in the privately invested area will open the saleability also in the areas of the 1 Giga Italy Plan.

Indeed, at the moment few do it, and the reason is that they follow a sales agreement different which must be accepted in advance.

Finally, always keep in mind that the presence of a Municipality in the list indicates that some addresses are covered but not that the entire Municipality is, as when marketing is started it actually has to be understood partial compared to the final objective.

The good news is that the availability will continue to expandboth for these Municipalities and for those that we have already announced in recent months, so always check on the websites of the various operators that sell in the areas of the 1 Giga Italy Plan (rather few at the moment), perhaps checking again in the next few days because it is possible that their lists are not yet updated.

After this long introduction, here is the list of the 58 new municipalities covered in FTTH.