Tiscali Plans FTTH in Sardinia

Friday, 08 October 2010 21:36

Tiscali, one of the main independent telecommunication companies in Italy, and ZTE, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, have signed a strategic framework agreement with the aim of fostering the extention of ultra-wide broadband in Italy, starting with the development of an FTTH network in Sardinia. This important agreement has been signed today by Renato SORU, Tiscali CEO and by FAN Qingfeng*, Executive VP and Head of Global Sales of ZTE, on behalf of SHI Lirong, ZTE Corporation CEO, at Villa Madama in the presence of the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and the Chinese Prime Minister WEN Jiabao who is visiting high level Italian government officials to discuss issues affecting both countries including economy, trade, environment and technology. The partnership between ZTE and Tiscali will include collaboration from a technology and trade/financial standpoint to evaluate, study and design next generation services that Tiscali can provide to its customer base. In the first phase of the project Tiscali and ZTE will implement a fiber optic network in Sardinia, taking advantage of the ongoing work for the local gas network in the extended Cagliari area, which includes over 50 thousand lines of LLU (Local Loop unbundling) coverage. This project, designed both by Tiscali and ZTE, will be inserted into the context of the other licenced operators in Italy that are on the frontline asking government and institutions to establish a fiber optic network. Tiscali SpA