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Ultra broadband: with over 9,5 billion in investments, Open Fiber has to date built more than 145,000 km of infrastructure and 14.7 million property units on FTTH fiber optics between homes, companies and public administration offices. In the White Areas of the country, 87,171 km of ultra-fast network (97% of the total) have been laid.

Open Fiber, which has only 8 years of full operation under its belt, is Italy’s leading operator in terms of the development of FTTH infrastructure, an acronym for Fiber To The Home: ultra-fast fiber optic that reaches into homes, businesses, and public offices. To date, Open Fiber has already invested a total of over 9,5 billion euros.

To date, Open Fiber has made available for the marketing of connectivity services 14.7 million property units (P.U.s) in FTTH fiber optics throughout Italy, for both residential and commercial use, out of the approximately 30 million that correspond to the country’s total. To date, about 60 per cent of the people who surf FTTH networks in Italy do so on the fiber optic infrastructure built by Open Fiber (1).

Overall, Open Fiber has built over 145,000 km of infrastructure, of which 39,000 km is in Black Areas (the most densely populated towns and areas) and 87,171 km in White Areas (less populated inland areas of the country). In the Black Areas there is an average of one property unit for every 4.5 metres of network, while in the White Areas the average is one P.U. for every 15.8 metres of infrastructure. In order to connect the inland areas with fibre, therefore, more than twice as much network must be built as in the towns, moreover in areas that are more complex in topographical terms.

With regard to the White Areas covered by the concession, as of 31 May 2025 Open Fiber had laid 87,171 km of ultra-fast network, or 97% of the total. Furthermore, it has set up 3,171 radio base stations for the FWA (fixed wireless access) service.

The construction of the infrastructure has significantly helped to reduce the digital divide in Italy, contributing to the significant increase in the availability of ultra-fast networks from 22% in 2017 to 59% in 2023 (2). For its implementation, Open Fiber has invested on average over one billion euros per year, for a total of approximately 9.5 billion euros in the last 7 years.

1. Source AGCOM, latest quarterly survey 4/2023
2. 2024 Report on the state of the Digital Decade