Catania, Open Fiber and Vodafone bring the first connection in Italy to 10 Gbps

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twelve o’clock, June 22, 2021 – 19:36

The service created for “Isola”, the innovative Catania space in Palazzo Biscari

The first 10 Gbps connection in Italy on the FTTH network available in Catania thanks to Open Fiber and Vodafone. Open Fiber’s innovative technology and Vodafone’s experience in managing high-capacity services make it possible to achieve a symmetrical speed (download / upload) at 10 Gbps, or 100 times 100 Mbps. The service created for “Isola”, the innovative in the Catania area of ​​Palazzo Biscari, in fact, foresees the use of the new XGS-PON technology through the FTTH network of Open Fiber and the connectivity services of Vodafone.


This is the first field application achieved at the end of the experimentation started over two years ago, when the service was successfully tested on the Open Fiber network in Milan. This technology benefits both business and consumer users. Thanks to the power and reliability of Vodafone’s connectivity services, companies and start-ups present in the Sicilian hub will thus be able to have access to an ever-increasing number of services and accelerate their digital transformation processes.

«Innovation, experimentation, the use of the latest technologies available on the market are the very essence of Open Fiber – says Simone Bonannini, Marketing and Commercial Director of Open Fiber -. All concepts now translated into reality in the Isola Catania project. Space in which the infrastructure with the highest technological performances available on the market could not be missing ».

«Connectivity represents the basis on which to develop digital services, an engine of growth for companies and territories – comments Giorgio Migliarina, director of Vodafone Business. – The solution created for Isola will make it possible to create an open space for development with the best digital technologies, representing the spirit of restarting a territory with a high technological and entrepreneurial vocation ».

June 22, 2021 | 19:36

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