berlin october 31st 2002 the first italian broadband operator mario mella network planning director 2 fastweb company and services operational highlights agenda 3 g110commercial launch business march 2000 residential september g110fastweb is telco arm of e biscom group in italy quoted on milan s nuovo mercato ebi proceeds from ipo amounted to 1 6 billion euro g110clients end 1h02 104 000 total clients true 64 4 30 8 competitive advantage fiber home a single high speed connection for integrated voice internet video future proof technology ip integration data allow second generation applications not only text images but also quality interactive telephony full replacement incumbent 5 alternative access homes smes g52 no cable tv adsl g163 640 kb lmds available this year customer segments businesses residentials different networks used by incumbents