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TIM Shrouds Italy in Ultra-Broadband Telecom Italia (TIM) will form a separate company to focus on ultra-broadband deployment across rural and under-served regions of Italy, part of the service provider's strategy to deliver almost ubiquitous coverage across the nation's population. In its annual report, released March 23, TIM says it will partner with an as-yet-unnamed financial organization to use FTTC architecture to provide speeds of up to 300 Mbit/s to so-called rural "white areas," as defined by the European Union. Through the partnership, Telecom Italia (TIM) will cover Italy with ultra-broadband approximately two years ahead of the schedule the CSP set out in its three-year plan for 2017-2019. In other words, 95% of Italy's population will have ultra-broadband connections by mid-2018; by 2019, coverage will reach 99% of the population via fixed and wireless connections, TIM says. "Over 6,000 municipalities will be affected by the project, with over 7 million homes to be connected," the report says. "The company will offer all operators wholesale connection services, guaranteeing equal treatment." Of the €11 billion (about $11.9 billion) TIM expects to spend on its Italian investments, it will expend almost half -- €5 billion ($5.4 billion) -- to accelerate development of the ultra-broadband network, the CSP says.
Turning to Turin "The 5G technology will certainly cause additional network capacity demand. TIM's network is already adopting the latest technology on the IP and optical networks, in the access and in the long distance," he says. "The design is made in order to cope with the bandwidth growth of the next decade." In addition, the Turin 5G project will incorporate a steady expansion of the city's new mobile broadband infrastructure, with plans to cover the entire city by 2020, according to TIM. The CSP's fiber infrastructure, which already covers most of Turin, will support the new mobile network. "From our perspective as a telco operator, 5G is a major technological breakthrough and a unique opportunity to develop new market segments. In addition, the flexibility of this technology enables municipalities to fully exploit the potential of innovative digital solutions and services to improve city life," Calvi says. "In other words, 5G can link the operator's aim to expand their business with the municipalities’ needs towards becoming fully digital." These digital capabilities include next-generation smart city services such as public transport management, air quality management, security solutions and smart traffic meters, he says. Related posts:
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In a flurry of activity throughout the week, Donald (DJ) LaVoy, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the US Department of Agriculture, and his team spent about $145.8 million in the non-urban or suburban areas of seven states.
Calix reported revenue of $120.19 million – up 4% – in Q4 2019, putting a bounce in the step of company president and CEO Carl Russo and a shine to Calix's ongoing transition from hardware vendor to a provider of platforms enabled by cloud, APIs and subscriber experience.
Looking to curtail e-waste and improve the bottom line, BT will require customers to return routers and set-top boxes, although subscribers will not have to pay a fee when they receive regular broadband equipment.
The industry standards organization is looking to ease operator pain from residential WiFi, while it also sees initiatives in connected home and other projects bear fruit.
Deploying DOCSIS 3.1 across its entire footprint gave Rogers Communications the ability to offer speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s,
contributing to a broadband segement that generated about 60% of the Canadian operator's $3.05 billion (US) in Q4 cable earnings.
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