(Finance) – Starting in San Michele Salentino on “1 Giga Italy plan” financed with i PNRR funds to make Internet connections available for homes, commercial activities and businesses. The intervention of Open Fiber in the municipality in the province of Brindisi involves cabling in FTTH (Fiber To The Home) mode 2,485 street numbers distributed throughout the area and corresponding to 2,647 real estate units.
The fiber optic connectivity achieved by Open Fiber can achieve the speed of 10 Gigabits per second and allows you to obtain numerous advantages thanks to access to a vast range of online services, as well as simplifying relations between citizens and public administrations, enhancing teaching for students and improving the productivity and competitiveness of small and medium-sized businesses.
The intervention on San Michele Salentino includes the reuse of existing infrastructurelimiting the impact and any inconvenience to the community to a minimum. As in the construction sites opened by Open Fiber throughout Italy, the excavations will be carried out favoring innovative methodologies with low environmental impact. The potential of FTTH technology is also of fundamental importance in terms of eco-sustainability. In fact, fiber optic cables consume less energy, reducing the emission of carbon dioxide and heat into the atmosphere.
“The arrival of ultra-fast optical fiber is significant a decisive step for the development of our community, allowing citizens, businesses and institutions to compete with big cities – explains the mayor Giovanni Allegrini -. The fast connection will guarantee access to essential digital services, promoting economic growth and the usability of areas that are currently poorly connected. Thanks to the coordination of the administration, thousands of real estate units will be able to benefit from this infrastructure, promoting new production opportunities and improving existing activities”.
“Open Fiber continues its commitment to digitize Puglia and equip local communities with a high-speed fiber optic network which will guarantee a stable and high-performance connection for carrying out multiple remote activities and providing online services – says Adriano Rutigliano, field manager of the company led byCEO Giuseppe Gola -. This is a strategic investment for the territory which, thanks to the profitable synergy with the municipal administration, will bring FTTH technology to over two thousand real estate units, making San Michele Salentino digitally advanced”.