Iliad is ready to enter the home fixed line market: the company has signed an agreement with Tim (through FiberCop) for the development of Fiber-to-the-Home access.
Iliad will participate in the co-investment project on the FiberCop network, a company of the Tim group that builds the secondary fiber optic access network up to homes: Iliad’s participation in the co-investment offer follows those of other national operators, such as Fastweb e Tiscali (the latter is being finalized).
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A note states that the agreement between Tim and Iliad confirms the “validity of FiberCop’s investment plan which will ensure the 75% FTTH coverage of the country’s gray and black areas by 2025; in addition, Tim will offer Iliad access to the primary fiber network “. From Iliad they explained that” the agreement is a confirmation of our commitment to make investments to contribute to the digitization of the country and offer high quality connectivity with simple and transparent “, while for Tim the agreement reached confirms the effectiveness of the co-investment model:” It allows all interested operators to participate in the development of optical fiber in Italy in a framework of infrastructural competition that accelerates the overcoming of the digital divide on a national scale. Furthermore, it allows families and businesses to migrate to ultra-broadband connections with speeds greater than 1 Gigabit per second“.
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