Resumen de Italy: : Strategies for ultra-broadband and digital growth
During the meeting of the Council of Ministers held on 3 March 2015, the Italian Government approved the Italian strategies for ultra-broadband and digital growth for the years 2014-2020. The Italian strategy for ultra-broadband, which provides the allocation of public resources for a total amount of EUR 6 billion (taken from the FESR - Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale - and FEASR - Fondo europeo agricolo per lo sviluppo rurale - European Funds, the Development and Cohesion Fund and the funds in connection with the Investment Plan for Europe), shall be articulated as follows: (a) simplification of rules and reduction of administrative fees, aimed at eliminating barriers due to implementation costs; (b) improvement of the management of the subsoil by introducing a registry of soil and subsoil, which shall grant the monitoring of interventions and the best usage of existing infrastructures; (c) electromagnetic limits consistent with those applicable in other European countries; (d) fiscal and credit facilitations with preferential rates in the most profitable areas, aimed at promoting a “quality leap”; (e) public subsidies in order to invest in less important areas; and (f) infrastructures made directly by the State in areas subject to market failures.
