Wind Hellas entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vodafone Greece to cooperate on the implementation and use of fixed fibre infrastructure. The shared network infrastructure will provide Greek consumers with broadband access services, contributing substantially to the Digital Agenda 2020 national targets, the companies said.
Having invested nearly EUR 3 billion to create telecommunications infrastructure from its inception until today, Wind Hellas said that in recent years it focused its investments on new mobile and fixed networks (4G / 4G +, VDSL, FTTx) which offer very high data rates and high capacity. A pilot of fibre optic infrastructure (fibre to the building) is currently running in the Athens region.
Vodafone has also been developing enhanced fixed broadband infrastructure, through its subsidiary Hellas Online. Wind and Vodafone earlier considered a joint bid for the broadband and pay-TV operator Forthnet, but to date have been unable to reach an agreement. Vodafone still has an option on acquiring Forthnet shares from Wind.
