Open Fiber on target to reach 7.9 million connected homes in Italy this year

The Open Fiber wholesale-only venture of Italian utility Enel and state lender CDP is on target to reach the figure of 7.9 million homes connected to its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network throughout Italy by the end of the 2019, according to CEO Elisabetta Ripa. "At the end of the year we will have reached a total of about 7.9 million homes, offices and companies. And our market share in superfast broadband is 70 percent," revealed the chief executive in an interview with La Repubblica.