FiberCop, TIM Group infrastructure operator, and BrainBox s.r.l. have signed a co-investment agreement to create the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) fibre optic access network in the Municipality of Massa.
Under this agreement, BrainBox will supplement its fibre optic network with FiberCop's fibre optic access network up to homes in order to develop the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) access market with the brand Apuacom.
BrainBox s.r.l.’s participation in the co-investment offer is part of FiberCop's investment plan which will ensure FTTH coverage to over 60% of households in the country.
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 a context of full competition. Moreover, it speeds up the process of overcoming the digital divide in the country and allows households and businesses to choose ultrabroadband connections with speeds of over 1 Gigabit per second.
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FiberCop is the infrastructure company controlled by TIM (58%) together with KKR Infrastructure (37.5%) and Fastweb (4.5%), and its goal is to digitalise the country by deploying Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) optical fibre connections.
FiberCop operates on the basis of a co-investment model and is the first case in Europe to see the new European Electronic Communications Code applied at national level.
The company provides operators with fibre optic passive access services, operating with maximum efficiency and to protect people and the environment.
FiberCop has copper and fibre network assets that already provide UBB connections to over 94% of fixed lines thanks to FTTC and FTTH technologies and will continue to develop FTTH coverage with a connection speed of over 1 Gigabit, with the aim of covering over 60% of households nationwide.
FiberCop aims to make a critical contribution to reducing the digital divide in Italy, speeding up the process of customers switching from copper to fibre.
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BrainBox s.r.l. with the brand Apuacom, since it was established in 2011, has set itself the goal of becoming the reference internet and voice operator for families and companies in the Apuan-Versilia region. An infrastructure operator with more than 70 km of proprietary fibre optic network and over 100 km of high capacity radio backbones, which guarantee a high level of reliability and speed to our services.
INTERNET A KM 0 [ZERO-KM INTERNET ] is not only a slogan but rather our vision, to make our work and the internet network above all an opportunity for local development and growth. In these 11 years we have established a solid bond of trust with our customers, developing important partnerships with trade associations and local companies.
Rome, 21 September 2022
