Italy Operators To Sign MOU On Broadband Infrastructure Co -Min
28 October 2010 - 12:52AM
Dow Jones News
Italian telecoms operators are close to signing a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) on the creation of a new company to build up
high-speed broadband infrastructure, Industry Minister Paolo Romani
said Wednesday.
"The memorandum will be signed in a few days, and will see the
participation of all the operators," Romani said at a telecoms
conference in the capital.
He added the new company will be responsible for building up
basic fiber-optic infrastructure, but then will leave all the
operators free to choose different solutions to offer their own
broadband services.
The Italian government and the main telecoms operators have long
debated the best way to expand access to high-speed broadband
across the country, as Italy lags the rest of Europe in broadband
penetration.
But questions over financing and former monopoly Telecom Italia
SpA's (TI) refusal to share control over its key fixed-line network
have delayed the country's broadband plans.
Romani Wednesday invited all the operators to "be brave and take
risks," anticipating and encouraging the growth for high-speed
broadband demand in the country.
-By Giada Zampano, Dow Jones Newswires; +39 06 69766925;
giada.zampano@dowjones.com
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