ROMA – “A definitive clarification is needed as soon as possible, to be carried out first with the shareholders involved, on the concrete feasibility of the single network”, for an ultra-fast Internet. “For too long we have been witnessing a stalemate that does not benefit the country because it determines overlapping and duplication of investments made by telecommunications operators”.
Thus the Minister of Economic Development, Giancarlo Giorgetti, in the Transport Committee, about the difficulties that Open Fiber encounters in arranging the optical fiber.
“The plan for fiber optic cabling in white areas” – those isolated and with few inhabitants – “recorded considerable delays due to defects in the layout of the plan itself, which probably neglected the administrative and bureaucratic constraints”; but also for the responsibility of the “Open Fiber contractor”.
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“This deadlock – he adds – must be overcome to guarantee all citizens access to the network at very high speed. And since the State contributes to this situation, as indirectly shareholder of the subjects, it is our responsibility to make a quick proposal. It is not possible that the chosen modality jeopardizes the possibility of arriving at the result “.
The single network – the minister specifies – does not mean reconstituting a monopoly – much less a private monopoly – in the hands of a single company, also given the presence of such strong foreign investors in the share capital.
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Giorgetti continues: “Considerable resources are allocated for the diffusion of optical fiber in the gray areas, to complete the School plan and connections with the smaller islands, in order to counter the digital divide “, ie the inequalities in the quality of the service. The gray areas are those where a single operator invests with the aim of spreading the optical fiber by 2023.
Meanwhile, the government is waiting for the last go-ahead from the EU Commission ai voucher for families and businesses interested in broadband subscriptions: “It is planned to commit 900 million to serve two million families and one million SMEs”. The vouchers will amount to € 300 for families and up to € 2,500 for businesses, “depending on the degree of connectivity required”.
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“The completion of the optical fiber connection is also essential for mobile connections with 5G technology, for the realization of which it is essential to create the conditions for a more rational use of the electromagnetic spectrum. There is, in particular, the need to ensure the liberalization of the frequency at 700 Mhz “ – now occupied by televiioni – “in the prescribed time”.
And again: “I suggest a reflection on the opportunity to intensify, strengthen the incentive for adaptation of the National Television Park of Families“.
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The accumulated delays, he stresses, “have already caused difficulties in relations with some Neighboring countries. Instead, it becomes essential for our country to seize all the opportunities offered at European level to participate in shared projects and to strengthen the partnership with other Member States “.
“The mistakes that were made in the privatization project of Telecom Italia they have largely undermined the possibility of having cable connectivity, unlike what has happened in many other countries. Now we must try to correct the mistakes made “.
And what better opportunity than Community aid. The Recovery Plan – the extraordinary plan of interventions that the EU finances – “if well constructed it can be a useful opportunity to remedy Italy’s shortcomings”, especially in the “technological” field where Italy “is experiencing very serious delays compared to other countries” .
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