Fibercop, Connectivia sign co-investment agreement for fibre roll-out

FiberCop, TIM Group infrastructure company, has signed an agreement with Connectivia to deploy the Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) access market.

The parties have in fact defined Connectivia’s participation in the co-investment project on the network of FiberCop, the Group company that creates the fibre optic secondary access network up to homes.

Under this agreement, Connectivia will use the fibre optic secondary access network in six of Campania’s municipalities to connect FiberCop homes according to the “Access to the optical cabinet” model, based on the purchase, on an IRU basis for 20 years, of dedicated fibre infrastructure equipment (primary and secondary splitters and fibre-optic links).

Connectivia’s participation in the co-investment offer – which the TIM Group is implementing through FiberCop – follows that of other important operators, including Fastweb and Iliad, and confirms the soundness of FiberCop’s investment plan, which will ensure FTTH coverage for 75% of the country’s grey and black areas by 2025.

The agreement reached confirms the effectiveness of the co-investment model, which allows all interested operators to participate in the deployment of optical fibre in Italy in an infrastructure competition framework. Moreover, it speeds up the process of overcoming the digital divide in the country and allows households and businesses to migrate to ultrabroadband connections with speeds of over 1 Gigabit per second.