BoR (11) 06b BEREC report NGA Country Cases - IRG

BoR (11) 06b
- available retail services (e.g. product name, type of service (e.g. triple play), bandwidth,
price level, price structure).
In December 2007 Telecom Italia started a NGAN trial in Milan with a FTTB-GPON
architecture (50 Mb/s downstream). During the second quarter of 2009 Telecom Italia
started testing NGAN in Rome with a FTTH-GPON architecture and the access speed
reached 100 Mb/s (the experimental retail offer is called “ALICE PHIBRA”).
In February 2011 Agcom, with resolution n. 61/11/CONS, approved Telecom Italia 100
Mb/s offer. This offer, at a first stage, will be available only to 40.000 customers in 7
Italian main cities (Milano, Torino, Genova, Bologna, Roma, Napoli and Bari).
1.1.2 Announced roll-out plans
� Has the incumbent announced roll-out plans for NGA networks? For which period? When
answering this question consider the aspects addressed mentioned in 1.1.1.
The main elements of Telecom Italia plans for NGA networks are:
� Until 2012 the deployment will be focused in the main 14 metropolitan cities, adopting
FTTH solution (FTTB as a backup solution);
� Endorsement of civil infrastructures sharing;
� Proposal for a complete switch off of copper network in Milan, to be achieved by 2015
and by 2018 in 3 other main cities;
� Telecom Italia estimates to cover 10 millions of households (i.e. about 50% of Italian
citizens) by 2018;
� By December 2010 Telecom Italia intends to launch a commercial offer for FTTH at
100Mb/s in 6 Italian main cities.
1.2 Competitors (other telcos, cable)
1.2.1 Actual roll-out
� Illustrate the current status of NGA roll-out of competitors (e.g. telcos or cable operators) in
your country. Consider the aspects addressed in 1.1.1. and add number of NGA lines
(passed/connected). Please provide figures as of June 30 2010.
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