Fiber optics in the heart
of the Mediterranean sea

FASTEST GATEWAY TO EUROPE

New Unitirreno cable will be the first 24 fiber pair Open Cable system in the Mediterranean Region delivering cutting-edge submarine technologies to support continuously increasing national and international bandwidth requirements.

ABOUT UNITIRRENO

Unitirreno is a partnership between Unidata and industry experts to focus on enhancing Italy’s digital infrastructure foundation through the deployment of a new submarine cable system in the Tyrrhenian Sea.  The approximately 890 kilometer system will connect Mazara del Vallo with Genoa with a junction point in Rome and Sardinia option.

Mission & Vision:

To facilitate and enable OTTs, Carriers and Cable Consortiums to have a secure, low-latency alternative to Marseille as a cable landing hub in the Mediterranean.  The strategically planned Unitirreno submarine cable network will support Genoa development and deliver strategic landing points for intercontinental cables from Asia, the Middle East and Africa while providing a new route to major digital infrastructure hubs across Europe but also to create a better connection North-South Italy and Sardinia.

LEADERSHIP TEAM

The Unitirreno management team brings a wealth of experience from across the ICT sector with expertise on the deployment and management of submarine cable networks globally.

Renato Brunetti
Renato Brunetti

Born in Rome on 12 November 1952. His career in ICT began in 1970 as an expert in IT systems and software projects, working in research, development and marketing in companies in the IT sector. In 1985 he founded Unidata along with two partners who remain in the company; focusing on microinformatics, networks and system integration.

Renato was one of the frontrunners in Italy to deal with the Internet, and in 1994 became one of the first consultants in the ISP sector. He is President of the NaMeX Consortium and Vice President of AIIP, the Association of Italian Internet Providers. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since December 2002.

Arturo Danesi
Arturo Danesi

Arturo’s career span over 40 years in the international telecom and ICT environments covering key C-level positions in the design, planning, operations and marketing of complex global wholesale infrastructures and digital transformation. In parallel, played significant role as an educator at a number of universities in Italy and internationally.

Paolo Regoli
Paolo Regoli

Paolo is a seasoned finance executive with over 25 years of international experience in financial management and corporate control. He began his career in the UK with Acciai Speciali Terni (ThyssenKrupp), later holding key roles at Seda Group and as CFO of Rarum Group and AG Luxury. Since 2018, he has held senior positions at Cementir Holding and currently serves as Group CFO and Board Member at Transcend Packaging in Wales, as well as CFO of Unitirreno. He holds degrees from Aston Business School and La Sapienza University, speaks fluent English, and is valued for his leadership and global outlook.

COMPANY ETHICS

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THE NETWORK

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Network Infrastructure and Cost Efficiency:

Unitirreno’s Open Cable System is based on 24 x fiber pair, end-2-end Mazara-Genoa Trunk Infrastructure:

  • Design Capacity: 20 Terabit/sec x fp -> 480 Terabit/sec
  • Branching unit to new data center hub in Rome (under construction) to serve upcoming Unidata Data Center and Italian Domestic Network
  • Stub to Sardinia, Olbia and Cagliari planned
  • Terrestrial Backhauling Option in Sicily
  • State-of-Art 24 Fiber Pairs Cost Efficient Technology
  • Optical Level Switching Capabilities

Competitive Advantages:

The shortest path to Northern Europe from Sicily via Genoa/Milan: 9msec:

  • Latency reduced by over 50% compared to alternative domestic terrestrial backbone solutions
  • Express South-North highway with No Stops

The most reliable path in terms of outages and faults:

  • Domestic terrestrial backbone architecture designed to serve city-2-city traffic based on multiple hops along the way
  • New generation fiber and spectrum technologies specifically designed for long-haul high-speed trunk interconnection No Stops

Benefits to Customers:

  • Shortest Latency for International Cables Systems crossing the Mediterranean Sea to the main European IXPs, data center hubs and other traffic destinations
  • Access to Italian Carrier-Neutral Data Centers
  • Alternative route to the Italian Terrestrial Backhaul
  • Cost Efficient Solution based on shortest path connecting Sicily to Genoa/Milan and dark fiber pair / spectrum offering

Unitirreno to be built by industry-leading constructions partners

UNITIRRENO CONSTRUCTION

Timeline

1

Marine Survey
Process & Permits
Applications
Q4 2022 – Q1 2024

2

Permits in Place
Q1 2024

3

Subsea and Equipment Cable
Manufacturing
Q2 2024 – Q1 2025

4

System Deployment
Q1 – Q2 2025

5

Ready for Service
Q3 2025

In questa mappa ti daremo evidenza, step dopo step, delle aree già cablate in fibra ottica da Unifiber e di quelle di prossimo cablaggio.

CONTACTS

UNITIRRENO
viale A. G. Eiffel 100, CAP 00148 Roma
mail: info@unitirreno.com
PEC: unitirreno@unicert.it

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