A joint company in consortium form for the construction of ultrafast fiber in Italy and a strategic partnership for the country. A leap into the future of mobility and digital transition, in the name of a new season characterized by new and profound synergies between major players. Open Fiber and the Autostrade per l’Italia Group (Aspi) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of accelerating the digitization of the country and collaborating in projects and initiatives to make our cities and roads smarter. smart roads italy

To provide a concrete solution to the shortage of skilled labor, Open Fiber , the Aspi Group through its subsidiary company for construction Amplia Infrastructures and CIEL , a company specialized in the sector of technological systems, have set up a consortium that will be active in completing the network in optical fiber that Open Fiber is building in Italy. The Consortium, called Open Fiber Network Solutions , provides for the recruitment and training of professionalswhich will operate in the construction of fiber optic telecommunications infrastructures. The technical teams of the Consortium will be operational starting from June. When fully operational, the group will field about a thousand people. smart roads italy

The MoU between Autostrade per l’Italia and Open Fiber is aimed at enhancing the digitalization projects of infrastructures, roads and networks , through the implementation of initiatives in the field of smart cities, ITS systems (Intelligent Transport Systems), smart roads, and mobility and, more generally, sustainable and innovative mobility .

In this context, the Aspi Group and Open Fiber are in the best position to be able to play a leading role in the country. Open Fiber has expertise in the design, construction and management of networks and information systems necessary to transport and process large volumes of data (including video) in real time. Autostrade per l’Italia has the know-how for the development of technological solutions for the acquisition and processing of data on traffic management and access control and video analytics algorithms, as well as the ability to provide innovative sustainable mobility services. , analysis and digital development of processes for mobility and logistics. For Aspi, the collaboration with OF is part of the Mercury program, a pole for technological innovation involving the five subsidiaries of the Group (Amplia Infrastructures, Tecne, Movyon, Free to X and Elgea).

“With this partnership – declares Roberto Tomasi , CEO of Autostrade per l’Italia – a new paradigm is affirmed: the synergies between the country’s major players are the turning point towards the digital transition and the mobility of the future: a step that confirms the central role of Autostrade per l’Italia in strategic matches for the relaunch of national development. A role – adds Tomasi -acquired thanks to a robust business transformation plan, characterized by a strategic vision aimed at affirming our Group increasingly as an integrated mobility manager. The 21.5 billion euro modernization plan already in progress and the more recent ASPI Mercury Program are the prerequisites for a future of interconnected and sustainable mobility based on increasingly modern and safe infrastructures. The collaboration put in place today strengthens our strategy even more ”.

“This agreement is the result of sharing an idea of ​​the mobility of the future, to make processes and applications smarter not only in cities and villages, but also in roads, highways and ports. This is part of Open Fiber’s strategy that goes beyond the connectivity of homes and industrial districts, with a view to the country’s overall digital infrastructure ” commented Mario Rossetti , CEO of Open Fiber. “The consortium we have put in place, moreover, is a response to the lack of manpower in the telecommunications sector to achieve coverage of those areas of the country that have so far been most penalized by the inability to access connectivity services”.

Open Fiber

Open Fiber was created to build an ultra-broadband fiber optic network infrastructure ( FTTH ) throughout the country. The goal is to guarantee coverage of the main Italian cities and the connection of rural areas through an ultrabroadband fiber network, providing increasingly advanced services and functions for citizens, businesses and the PA. Open Fiber is a wholesale -only operator , it does not sell fiber optic services directly to the end customer, but makes its infrastructure available to all interested operators on equal terms. With over 13.9 million ultrabroadband UI already connected, Open Fiber is the main Italian operator of FTTH optical fiber and one of the leaders in Europe.

Motorways for Italy

Integrated mobility operator, the Autostrade per l’Italia Group now has nearly 9,000 employees. ASPI is one of the largest toll motorway concessionaires in Europe and in the world, with approximately 3,000 km of managed network. The Group also operates in the country through its companies, with a view to increasingly sustainable mobility: Movyon, Tecne, Amplia Infrastractures, Free To X and Elgea. A recruitment program is currently underway for approximately 2,900 professional figures, a fundamental axis in the context of an Industrial Plan which includes investments of over 21.5 billion euros, including new works and modernization of the motorway network. smart roads italy