In a time span of just eight months, the Italian municipalities that have benefited from TIM’s expansion of ultrabroadband coverage have risen to about 3,000. October also saw the company continue its commitment to extending optical fiber in Italy thanks to cabling work carried out in 283 municipalities across the country.
TIM confirms the aim of closing the digital divide in Italy by 2021, extending the possibility of remote working and studying, accessing high-speed navigation and using TV and entertainment services to everyone. Thanks to the acceleration in infrastructure rollout accomplished since the start of the emergency phase up until now, TIM’s ultrabroadband services are currently available in over 4,800 Italian municipalities.
TIM also plans to continue to intensify its cabling programs in the coming months in order to bring fiber to 90% of households that use the fixed network by the end of this year, concentrating its efforts mainly in rural or sparsely populated areas of the country. In particular, by the end of 2020, over 5,000 municipalities will have access to ultrabroadband, with the aim of enabling around 75% of households in “white areas“ that use a fixed network to benefit from digital technology. To ensure ultrabroadband connections in municipalities that do not yet have access to fiber, TIM has confirmed its commitment also thanks to the use of Fixed Wireless Access.
Nokia and SURF, the organization for IT in Dutch education and research, have successfully reached a single carrier 800Gb/s optical transmission over SURF’s existing cross-border, multi-vendor research and education network infrastructure.
Nokia and Vodafone are collaborating to test the viability of L4S technology over passive optical networks (PON).
The GSMA believes that critical reform of European laws is necessary to position the region as a technology frontrunner by 2030.
