Press Releases

F2i and FSI (Fondo Strategico Italiano) will formalize an agreement calling for FSI’s entry into F2i Reti TLC through an increase in the reserve capital of 200 million euros. Following the operation, FSI will hold 46.2% of F2i Reti TLC, the vehicle that controls Metroweb SpA a 61.4% share. The capital increase will be used to finance a new fibre-optic network and to duplicate the Metroweb business model in the Milan metropolitan area in other Italian cities.

In regard to certain agency launches and articles, F2i is clarifying the shareholders' structure of the subsidiary Metroweb SpA and the roll that this company will be called upon to play in F2i’s national NGN Plan, according to what was pre-announced at a hearing of the Transport and Telecommunications Committee of the Chamber of deputies by the managing directors of F2i (Vito Gamberale) and Metroweb (Alberto Trondoli).

F2i and Metroweb SpA have initialled an agreement with the Lombardy Region for development of the passive fibre-optic network in the region through Metroweb’s know-how. Based on this agreement, after a design phase, a business plan aimed at a public-private partnership for distribution of broadband in Lombardy.