Enel and CDP has begun building a fibre-optic network in the city of Alessandria in the northern Piedmont region in a total investment of around EUR 12 million. The company said it plans to bring FTTH services at speeds of up to 1Gbps to a total of 34,000 households throughout the city by January 2019. It plans to eventually connect 900,000 households in Piedmont in a total investment of EUR 284 million.