{"id":453526,"date":"2026-05-14T14:59:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/05\/14\/banda-ultra-larga-accordo-bei-fibercop-per-investimenti-da-un-miliardo-in-italia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:25:00","slug":"ultra-broadband-eib-and-fibercop-sign-1-billion-euro-investment-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/05\/14\/ultra-broadband-eib-and-fibercop-sign-1-billion-euro-investment-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra\u2011broadband: EIB and FiberCop sign 1\u202fbillion euro investment deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Accelerating the development of ultra-broadband in Italy is <\/b>now even more possible. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and FiberCop have signed a 1 billion euros agreement <\/b>for super-fast telecommunications. EIB Vice-President Gelsomina Vigliotti and FiberCop Chairman Massimo Sarmi signed the agreement for the disbursement of the first tranche of 500 million euros. <\/p>\n

The funds made available to the company that operates Italy\u2019s most advanced and extensive digital infrastructure through the InvestEU programme<\/a> investment scheme will enable FiberCop to expand its Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network, designed to connect a further 5.8 million homes and businesses <\/strong>across Italy at speeds of up to 10 Gigabits per second<\/strong>, to reach the announced target of 20.3 million property units by the end of 2027, thereby making a significant contribution to reducing the digital divide in the country.<\/p>\n

 Overall, around 40 per cent of the investment will be channelled<\/b> into the regions included in the single Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for the South<\/b>, with the aim of improving access to connectivity in areas where the infrastructure gap is particularly pronounced. The initiative is part of Italy’s ultra-broadband strategy<\/a> and contributes directly to achieving national targets for gigabit connectivity. <\/p>\n

“Investing in modern, high-capacity digital networks will strengthen the country\u2019s competitiveness<\/strong>, support growth and ensure equal opportunities for citizens and businesses,\u201d Vigliotti <\/b>said.<\/b> With this funding, she explains, \u201cwe aim to reduce the digital divide<\/b>, foster technological innovation and meet the digitalisation targets of Italy and the European Union<\/b>.” <\/p>\n

The FiberCop CEO also welcomed the news: “The operation strengthens our role as a key infrastructure provider and our remit to enable the country\u2019s digital development,” comments Sarmi <\/strong>, who is also pleased because \u201caccessing finance from a high-profile institution like the EIB confirms the credibility of FiberCop\u2019s strategy <\/strong>and demonstrates its unique position and importance in Europe.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agreement signed for the first 500 million euro tranche. Vigliotti (EIB): “We aim to bridge the digital divide.” Sarmi (FiberCop): “The credibility of our strategy has been confirmed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":453518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25710],"tags":[26180,34112,25911,27560,34113,29420,34114],"class_list":["post-453526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-net-tech-en","tag-banda-ultra-larga","tag-bei-en","tag-bank-investment-en","tag-fibercop","tag-jasmine-vigliotti-en","tag-internet-veloce"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453527,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453526\/revisions\/453527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}