Telecom Italia (TIM) last week announced that the process of switching off its copper network in Italy will start in Trento.
The Mattarello exchange, which serves an important area south of the city, is the first exchange in the country entirely cabled with FTTH technology and, therefore, all customers served by the exchange will be able to migrate to the new network with the consequent ‘switch-off’ of the copper network. This operation will see the exchange serve homes and offices directly with super-fast connections (up to 1 Gb).
Now that the installation of FTTH at the exchange - which serves around 2000 telephone lines in District 8 of the city - is complete, TIM intends to promote the shift to ultra broadband services of all customers served by this infrastructure, including those with other operators. The migration process will take place gradually on the basis of customer sign-ups. The agreement aims to inform citizens and promote within the community the benefits deriving from adoption of the new technologies, which considerably increase the service quality.
The Municipality of Trento also considers the initiative fit to further promote the Smart City, a project the city has already invested in and that places it the top slots in Italy. At the same time TIM is continuing the fibre optic deployment plan in the Autonomous Province.
Luigi Gubitosi, TIM's CEO
We are therefore starting in Trento, an Italian municipality of excellence, to transfer customers towards the new super-fast fibre network, on a voluntary basis.
