Ultrabroadband (UBB) communication infrastructures are more than ever the primary enabler for digital transformation and the competitiveness of of Italy
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed, if ever there was a need, that the spread of Ultra-Broadband networks throughout the territory is a factor that increasingly affects the quality of life of citizens and the increase in overall economic productivity of a country.
The link is direct if we think of the needs of companies in the logic of Smart Working or of Enterprise 4.0 themes and increasingly decisive for the purposes of modernizing the services and processes of the Public Administration. and to support the quality of life of citizens. Clear examples, in this regard, are remote education, telemedicine, remote and smart working, to be thought of not only as emergency solutions, but as powerful tools for productive acceleration, social inclusion and, last but not least, environmental sustainability.
The value of this asset, so strategic for the country system, must therefore be measured in terms of bandwidth and speed, but above all of capillary diffusion throughout the territory.
Italtel strongly believes that the public-private partnerships, the synergies between industrial ecosystems, the role of the academy and the fruitful collaboration with the politics and institutions are the means to promote the development of the Ultrabroadband and use it effectively
Italtel’s offer
Through its Ultrabroadband Network Engineering Centers, with a team of more than 300 people distributed mainly in the two offices in Rome and Milan, Italtel offers the following services:
- FTTH (Fiber To The Home) infrastructure design
end-to-end design of wireless access networks (for example FWA – Fixed Wireless Access networks) and mobile networks nationwide - cost/benefit analysis for the development of DAS infrastructures and private networks: drive tests, preliminary design and cost estimates
- executive design of DAS 4G / 5G covers in single and multi-operator mode
- Installation & Commissioning and Site Creation (DL/Safety) for wireless and mobile networks / DAS
- System Integration: vRAN integration in a multivendor and multi-operator perspective, technological migration, IoT and certification
- Edge Computing: development and optimization of MEC (Mobile Edge Computing) solutions on proprietary and third-party technology
- Lifecycle Management: after sales services, SPOC (Single Point Of Contact), TAC (Technical Assistance Center), inventory management.
5G is an integral part of the Ultrabroadband infrastructure and an essential tool for reaching users, from citizens to factories, with the capillarity that is needed to spread the new services that are transforming the Economy
Italtel is committed on the front line in the development of 5G networks:the great effort that will be required for the installation of the hundreds of thousands of new small antennas, the DAS (Distributed Antenna System), and the millions of kilometers of fiber optics that will connect them to the rest of the network, will have to bring out new models of sharing and competition among all the actors involved.
The role of the so-called “Neutral Host”, an emerging subject supporting Telcos, both as a commercial broker to new markets, and as a contact person for those who manage public spaces (think aboutsmart cities) or private (such as a stadium or a shopping center), represents a central hub for 5G sustainability. Moreover, Neutral Host is the subject of numerous European research projects including 5GCity, in which Italtel is directly involved.
Italtel has also promoted, in the Carini industrial plant (near Palermo), a research and development program aimed at the design and creation of software products for the edge, service and virtualization levels of ultrabroadband networks.
As early as 2016, Italtel was chosen as suitable designer for the development of a fiber optic network and wireless technologies on a national scale.