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.