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Italian PM inaugurates Open Fiber digital divide rollout

2017-11-15 09:37:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(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.

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House price 'north-south divide' narrows

2017-11-14 12:10:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Property price growth was fastest in the North West of England in the last year, official figures show.

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Workless figures show North-South divide getting starker

2016-09-27 12:52:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Figures on the concentration of workless households in the UK suggest that the North-South divide may be getting even more stark.

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Wealth divide

2016-09-22 01:05:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

As Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt prepare to untie the knot, they will become clients of a very lucrative industry providing divorces for the super-rich.

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