Czech operators T-Mobile Czech Republic and CETIN have entered into a co-investment agreement for the deployment of a FTTH network. The operators noted the latest Digital Economy and Society Index published by the European Commission, which showed that only 29 percent of Czech households have access to FTTH/B. There are also locations where deployment is expensive or otherwise complicated, and in many of them, individual operators cannot invest effectively. CETIN and T-Mobile have therefore decided to roll out part of the planned fibre connections together.
CETIN and T-Mobile Czech Republic will provide mutual access to the infrastructure built under the project, and both companies will deliver their services on it. CETIN will provide wholesale fibre internet with speed of 1 Gbps and a full portfolio of services by providers who use CETIN's fixed network. The first households within the project should be connected in the second half of 2021.
In addition to its cooperation with T-Mobile Czech Republic, CETIN said it would continue to invest heavily in its individual deployment of FTTH networks. The company aims to make FTTH connections available to 1 million Czech households within seven years.
