Telecoms: Italy

The agreement signed by Telecom Italia and Fastweb covers the sharing of infrastructure necessary for the realization of the New Generation Network

The two companies said the are committed to:

• Joint planning for the realization of civil infrastructure facilitating cable laying for the development of respective fibre optic networks - for example cable ducts along roads – to favour the development of new generation networks while eliminating further infrastructure duplication.
• The exchange, under reciprocal conditions, of rights to use civil infrastructure.
• Joint study and testing of innovative techniques in civil infrastructure, such as the use of latest generation micro-tubing for laying optical fibre.