In 2011 FASTWEB's estabilished itself as an important partner of large companies and Public Administration, where it maintained a market share of 20% with fixed telephony services, internet services, value added services such as Unified Communications. In April, Consip confirmed FASTWEB as a certified supplier for Public Administration for the provision, installation and maintenance of private telephone systems and of ancillary products and services. In August, the Company won a tender of the Lombardia Region for telecommunications systems in all offices, connected by a fiber optic network with high performances. All offices were furnished with video and multimedia rooms. To complete its Business Offer, FASTWEB launched later this year a cloud computing solution, FASTcloud, designed and sized for big companies.
With regars to private customers, in 2011 FASTWEB opened owned and franchised stores both to strengthen its market presence and to strengthen the brand, and signed the agreement with SKY that enables the combination of the Sky satellite TV offer with Fastweb's broadband internet and landline services, with the objective for both companies to increase market penetration.
Moreover, in 2011 FASTWEB has confirmed its commitment to develp a new generation network in Italy (NGN) and therefore has decided to acquire a share of 11% of Metroweb.
With twelve years of history, FASTWEB is now recognized as a robust and reliable company. To represent this new phase of history a new spokeman has been chosen: George Clooney.