(Telecompaper) Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni has inaugurated the first FTTH construction site of phase one of the government's tenders to build and operate a national high-speed broadband network in digital divide areas throughout the country. The symbolic ribbon cutting event took place in the locality of Campli in the Italian region of Abruzzo, badly hit by recent earthquakes. The Open Fiber wholesale-only venture of Italian utility Enel and state lender CDP having been awarded the corresponding contract to roll out fibre cable in underserved parts of Abruzzo, Molise, Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Tuscany and Veneto.