The entry into the field of telecommunications with its own fiber optic network «Fiber to the HomeThroughout Greece announced the DEH on its 2nd day 5th Conference on Infrastructure and Transport - ITC 2022
Όas revealed by Alexandros Paterakis, its Deputy Chief Executive Officer DEH :
According to him, it is a project that will cover approximately 3 million households in about 5 years as of today, while it is an investment that has no sign and which will cover the whole territory.
As he said Mr. Paterakis, who are "we will mainly start from the big cities and then we will expand to the periphery».
It is estimated that, from next autumn, PPC in cooperation with telecommunications providers will initially offer speeds of 1 Gbps.
The project costs about 800 million. EUR of which 530 million will be covered through a bond and the rest with equity that will come from the share capital increase.
Describing the characteristics of this project, o Mr. Paterakis stressed that PPC has a long experience in managing energy infrastructure (poles, columns, underground infrastructure, etc.). So this network will be exploited so that the fiber optic network "passes" to the existing infrastructure, while where there is no overhead network it will be based on the underground network.
Therefore, "with the same means and the same technical services, the fiber optic network will be covered. In essence, the final service will not be provided by PPC, but by the infrastructure. It will undertake a telecommunications provider to offer it to the final consumer" he said.
PPC is currently in advanced discussions with NEW, while it is estimated that as soon as the pilot tests are completed, the service will be available. One of the features of the open access network that PPC will offer is the speed of construction (up to 3 times faster the air network compared to the basement) and the lower cost.
According to Mr. Paterakis, the Municipality of Peristeri was selected as the first Municipality that PPC will pilot its fiber optic network, while 25 km of fiber optics have already been developed, covering approximately 5.000 households.
It is estimated that from the end of June these households will be able to access the service. As he said,
The special session on High Speed Infrastructure was also attended by Dimitris Papazafiropoulos, Technical Chief Operations Officer NOVA-WIND.
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