(Finance) – Starting in the province of Viterbo The “1 Giga Italy plan” financed with funds from PNRR. The intervention involves the cabling in FTTH (Fiber To The Home) mode of 1924 house numbers distributed throughout the Montefiscone area. Fiber optic connectivity created by Open Fiber it can reach speeds of 10 Gigabits per second: 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 Municipality will have a network in ultra-broadband identical to that of the major European capitals and the change for the city will be important because we are talking about a highly performing technology that will help break down the digital divide” he comments Marco Pasini, Regional Manager of Open Fiber Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise.
“I want to thank on my behalf and that of the entire Open Fiber Community because our Montefiascone is equipped with an FTTH network entirely in optical fibre, one of the public intervention plans of the Italian Strategy for Ultra Broadband. By joining this project, we considered as an administration, to offer an excellent opportunity for citizens, creating a stable and high-performance network. An additional reason for satisfaction for citizens, considering that Digital connections represent an indispensable tool today not only for leisure but above all for working from home,” he says the mayor Giulia De Santis.
Open Fiber won overall 8 lots of the “Italy 1 Giga Plan”, public intervention of the Italian strategy for Ultra Broadband, financed and promoted by the Department for digital transformation of the Presidency of the Council thanks to PNRR funds and implemented by Infratel Italia. In total, Open Fiber will intervene in 3,881 municipalities in 9 regions: Puglia, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Lombardy, Sicily, Tuscany and Veneto.