Ultra-broadband coverage of gray areas, where most of the industrial districts are located, is best encouraged through tax breaks and not through public tenders. To make his voice heard is the founder and CEO of Convergenze, Rosario Pingaro, recently appointed vice president of Namex, one of the most important consortia of providers and network operators.
There are various points on which the Campania regional operator has his say. On the demand side, regarding ultra-broadband vouchers, a “hot topic that has revitalized the ultra broadband market in the last three months”, Pingaro, who founded Convergenze in 2005, hopes that the mechanism will be made even more efficient. “We were – says the CEO – one of the first regional telco to have all the certified offers for vouchers, but the final part of the procedure is not yet concluded with the payment”.
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Give preference to Vchn networks that guarantee very high speeds
As for the characteristics to which to link the stimulation of demand, Convergenze, an integrated technology operator also active in the 100% green energy sector and listed on the AIM since last December, is “absolutely in agreement” to privilege the vhcn networks. very high capacity, as suggested, right on DigitEconomy.24 by the CEO of Open Fiber, Elisabetta Ripa.
«It is essential – explains Pingaro – to favor those who have invested in this type of networks with vouchers that stimulate further investments. The gap existing in disadvantaged areas that cannot benefit from the best performing networks should not be frightened, it will be the operators themselves who will find new incentives to invest in these areas as well. I am convinced that connection is a problem that can be solved quickly. There are not only Open Fiber and Fibercop, but a myriad of regional operators that are making important investments in the gray and white areas. As Namex we try to solicit investments and the construction of infrastructure, the only way to modernize the country ». Furthermore, Pingaro emphasizes, “if a pinch of sensitivity towards sustainability were added to all this dynamics, a new paradigm would be created. Digitization and sustainability can be the two legs on which the country can go back to running. And we, as a multi-utility, are trying to ride these macro-trends ».
The tax credit brings tangible benefits to all operators
On the supply side, to accelerate the coverage of gray areas, Pingaro proposes in particular to resort to the tax credit. Recently Vittorio Colao, Minister for Digital Transition, announced to the Chamber that tenders will be banned within the year, possibly with medium-small lots. Pingaro, on the other hand, is in favor of the market, without intervening with public tenders.