Open Fiber was founded to build an ultra-broadband fiber-optic communication network exceeding 1 Gigabit per second across the entire national territory, thus helping Italy overcome the digital divide with the rest of Europe by enabling next-generation digital services. Established in 2017 following the merger of Enel Open Fiber and Metroweb, the company is now controlled by Open Fiber Holdings, 60% owned by CDP Equity (CDPE) and 40% by Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). Open Fiber aims at ensuring the coverage Italy’s major cities and connect rural and industrial areas with an ultra-fast and reliable fiber-optic network that provides increasingly advanced services and functions to citizens, businesses and Public Administration. It does not sell fiber-optic services directly to end users. Still, it operates exclusively in the wholesale market (wholesale only), offering access to its network to all interested operators on equal terms. Open Fiber’s business plan involves building a fiber-optic infrastructure in the three areas into which Italy has been divided: 1. In black areas, where the main urban centres are located, through private investment, Open Fiber is building a fiber-optic infrastructure (FTTH – Fiber To The Home) that goes into homes and offices. 2. In white areas, rural and peripheral areas where the providers have not expressed an interest in operating, Open Fiber has won the three public tenders called by Infratel (a MIMIT company) to build and operate an ultra-broadband network under concession for 20 years, then remaining of public ownership. 3. In grey areas, as part of Piano Italia 1 Giga, the government called for tenders to ensure public support for building an ultra-fast network. Open Fiber was awarded 8 tender lots involving 3881 municipalities in 9 regions. More than 300 national and international providers have already signed commercial agreements to use its ultra-broadband network. Open Fibre’s plan in each Italian Region is a powerful economic driver. Each day Open Fiber employs around 10,000 people, including staff and suppliers.
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