The Company
FiberCop is the country’s most advanced, extensive and comprehensive digital network infrastructure operator. With over 26 million kilometres of optical fibre available to operators and ultra-broadband coverage exceeding 96% of active lines, it reaches approximately 40% of national residential units with FTTH (Fibre To The Home) technology.
FiberCop is a unique case within the European Union as the first instance of ownership separation from the incumbent national telecoms operator. Total Capex on FiberCop’s network amounted to 2.4 billion euros in 2024, out of which 1.4 billion euros related to the second half of the year only, when the company kicked-off its new ultrabroadband strategy after the separation from TIM, with the goal of accelerating development of the optical fibre network.
With 14.5 million active lines over an existing market of 20.2 million UIs, FiberCop is Italy’s leading player in fixed broadband access., providing operators with a comprehensive and integrated range of reliable and innovative solutions, all supported by a constantly evolving cutting-edge technological network. The company’s activities—including access infrastructure, high-capacity networks, and transport infrastructures, as well as monitoring services, diagnostics, and installation and maintenance support —address the market’s growing demands and, in the pursuit of the most suitable solutions for individual customers, they ensure the highest levels of quality, security, reliability, and stability.
One of the company’s main strengths is its comprehensive geographical and regional footprint. In addition to the 26 million kilometres of laid optical fibre, FiberCop provides over 114.3 million km of traditional copper network, 10,500 telephone exchanges, and over 152,000 cabinets.
The nearly 20,000 people of FiberCop, located across the entire country, are leading the way in enabling and accelerating Italy’s digitalisation, developing an optical fibre network to meet the European digital agenda’s goal of delivering a 1 Giga connection to the entire population by 2030.
Innovation and sustainability are core to FiberCop’s business development, allocating substantial investment to fibre – more sustainable and future proof than traditional technologies – both in areas with existing fibre infrastructure and those historically served solely by copper infrastructure, while also employing available National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) funds, of which FiberCop has been assigned about 2.3 billion euros.
The tenders envisaged under the NRRP are key drivers of the country’s technological development and digitalisation. The projects that have been implemented will finally give previously underserved geographical areas access to the ultra-fast connectivity enjoyed by major urban centres.
One of the primary challenges the company faces in the digital and ecological transition is the gradual phasing out of the copper access network. The decommissioning of copper exchanges, alongside the simultaneous shutdown of all devices linked to traditional services in other connected exchanges, will ultimately reduce energy consumption by about 450,000 MWh and decrease CO2 emissions by 209,600,000 kg, equivalent to the planting of 16,108,000 trees.
FiberCop’s shareholding structure is as follows: 37.8% by US Infrastructure Fund KKR Infrastructure, 17.5% by Canada CPP Investment, 17.5% by Abu Dhabi sovereign investment fund Adia, 16% by MEF (Ministry of the Economy and Finance of Italy) and 11.2% by Italy’s infrastructure fund F2i.
