After the city center finally also the inhabitants of some hamlets of the Tuscan capital they will be able to access a service that will allow them to surf in ultra-broadband. Open Fiber has in fact created, in the so-called “white areas”, the subject of the three Infratel tenders, with the economic contribution of the regions involved, an infrastructure that aims to reduce the digital divide.
In Siena the company has created a new network which currently includes 1449 real estate units with the service already available to customers through a new infrastructure that will remain publicly owned and managed under concession by Open Fiber for 20 years. As part of the project, a nursery, the fire department, a primary school and the Arpat prevention department were linked. The hamlets involved in the project are Presciano, Taverne D’Arbia, Il Piano and Abbadia.
“We are realizing – he said the regional councilor for digital infrastructures, Stefano Ciuoffo– a series of networks representing a secure breakthrough in the possibility of connecting to the global network. It is the declination of one of the principles enshrined in the regional statute because connectivity is an element of democracy that must be made available to everyone. We are now covering more than half of the territories we had set ourselves as an objective and by 2026 we hope to complete all the planned interventions“.
“The intervention carried out will allow many citizens to finally be connected with the new broadband technology, among other things also involving a nursery school” – he comments Giuseppe Giordano councilor for IT services and digital development – “The Municipality of Siena has among its priorities precisely that of encourage digital use through the most innovative technology, which allows residents to have services available and make the best use of electronic devices connected to the network with excellent performance, as well as the ability to transmit a large amount of data with extremely limited losses over long distances”.
“Thanks to the support of the municipal administration and the Tuscany Region we are happy to have completed the works in Siena” – he comments Claudio Cardarelli, Regional Manager of Open Fiber Tuscany -“Citizens finally have an ultra-broadband network that is up to the challenges of the future”.
