All homes and businesses in Val do Dubra (A Coruña) will have access to ultra-fast fibre, with speeds that can reach 10 Gbps symmetrical, before the end of 2023, following the agreement reached between the mayor, José Manuel Varela Ferreiro, and Rede Aberta.
The agreement reached between the two parties establishes that the Val do Dubra Council will share with Rede Aberta the municipal electrical infrastructures in order to be able to carry out the deployment of the fibre optic cabling. The agreement speeds up the process for connecting all the housing units, reduces unnecessary and redundant works and minimises the environmental impact. Thus, in the coming months the deployment plan will begin, which foresees the installation of 1,150 housing units before the end of 2023, which will facilitate internet connection to the more than 3,800 residents of Val do Dubra. According to data from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (July 2021), only 33% of homes in Val do Dubra had a fibre optic connection with a symmetrical speed exceeding 100 Mbps. With the deployment planned by Rede Aberta (1,150 uu.ii.), all homes will be reached before the end of 2023. Once the fibre optic installation has been completed, in order to have internet access, users must contract the connection with local telecommunications operators.
In the case of Val do Dubra, Rede Aberta has agreements with local operators 7 Play, A Túa Xanela, Aúrea Telecom, Evoa, IT Sarria, Itegal, Juifi, Planeta Voz, Eume Telecom, Grelo, Oteuoperador, Pizpireta Telecom or Toxo Telecom .
About Rede Aberta
Rede Aberta is a neutral fibre optic operator, with almost three years of activity, and is present in more than 50 rural municipalities in Galicia. With more than 1,300 kilometres of fibre optic deployed to provide neutral network service, it reaches more than 140,000 homes. In addition, it is the successful bidder for the deployment of the UNICO plan of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation for the province of A Coruña, which involves bringing high-capacity fiber optics to 36,556 homes in rural areas. In the case of Val do Dubra, 484 housing units will be installed under this plan. Rede Aberta is a Galician company that is part of the fiber projects of the CEBF fund, which is present in 7 European countries. It was established in 2020 and has 20 direct employees and more than 200 indirect employees who collaborate in deploying fiber in rural municipalities. The company plans to invest 121 million euros until 2025 to reach 400,000 homes in rural areas. CEBF (Connecting Europe Broadband Fund) is a fund with 555 million euros that exclusively promotes digital infrastructure in Europe. It is managed by Cube Infrastructure Managers (“Cube IM”), specialized in infrastructure investments.
About the UNICO Plan
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation and the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), are co-financing the deployment of our fiber optic network to the white areas of the following 93 municipalities belonging to the province of A Coruña: Abegondo, Ames, Aranga, Ares, Arteixo, Arzúa, A Baña, Bergondo, Betanzos, Boimorto, Boiro, Boqueixón, Brión, Cabana de Bergatiños, Cabanas, Camariñas, Cambre, A Capela, Carballo, Cariño, Carnota, Carral, Cedeira, Cee, Cerceda, Cerdido, Coirós, Corcubión, Coristanco, A Coruña, Culleredo, Curtis, Dodro, Dumbría, Fene, Ferrol, Fisterra, Frades, Irixoa, A Laracha, Laxe, Lousame, Malpica de Bergatiños, Manón, Mazaricos, Melide, Mesía, Miño, Moeche, Monfero, Mugardos, Muros, Muxía, Narón, Neda, Negreira, Noia, Oleiros, Ordes, Oroso, Ortigueira, Outes, Oza-Cesuras, Paderne, Padrón, O Pino, A Pobra do Caramiñal, Ponteceso, Pontedeume, As Pontes de García Rodríguez, Porto do Son, Rianxo, Ribeira, Rois, Sada, San Sadurniño, Santa Comba, Santiago de Compostela, Santiso, Sobrado, As Somozas, Teo, Toques, Tordoia, Touro, Trazo, Val do Dubra, Valdoviño, Vedra, Vilarmaior, Vilasantar, Vimianzo, Zas The objective of this project is to bring fiber optics to 36,556 Real Estate Units with a census of 1,120,134 people .
Call: Program for the Universalization of Digital Infrastructures for Cohesion – Broadband (Call – ÚNICO-Banda Ancha 2022) Project: APPLICATION A CORUÑA 2022 File number: TSI-061400-2022-157 Status: in progress
