Open Fiber is making available to its partner operators a new speed profile on its FTTH GPON Fiber network, allowing, in the consumer market, to reach up to 2.5 Gbps against the current maximum of 1 Gbps for those who rely on managed services. directly from the wholesale operator.On July 20, 2022, through a press release in which the partnership with AVM was presented to provide Open Fiber customers with the FRITZ! Box 5530 Fiber modem, which includes a fiber port and a 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port, Open Fiber had in fact anticipated that it would make a new 2.5 Gbps FTTH Fiber speed profile available to over 300 partner operators, also through the new AVM modem.According to what was reported on the FibraClick forum, starting from 21 July 2022 the company began to market the new 2.5 Gbps speed profile on the FTTH Fiber network.First of all, it is specified that these are the standard speed profiles offered to small providers who rely entirely or almost entirely on the wholesale connectivity services offered by Open Fiber.In this case, the operators do not need to invest in their own access network, and it is therefore Open Fiber itself that takes care of "lighting" the fiber with its equipment.On the other hand, the main national fixed network operators that use Open Fiber's fiber in passive mode, use their own devices by autonomously deciding the technology and the speed profile to be applied to customers (for example, Vodafone has been offering the 2.5 profile for some time. Gbps while Iliad has chosen to use a 5 Gbps EPON profile).In detail, the new profile for Open Fiber's FTTH network is always in GPON technology and provides for theoretical maximum speeds of 2.5 Gbps in download and 500 Mbps in upload.This will complement the current 1 Gbps download and 300 Mbps upload GPON profile.Open Fiber's partner operators will be able to propose connectivity offers at 2.5 Gbps both in the main Italian cities where the company has invested privately, and in the small municipalities of the so-called white areas subject to public investment.The timing for marketing to end customers should not be immediate: at the moment, in fact, Open Fiber has only opened the marketing of the new 2.5 Gbps wholesale profile to its partners, but it will then be up to individual operators to join the offer subsequently proposing it to its own consumer customers.In any case, thanks to this novelty, after several years the partner operators of the consumer market who rely entirely on Open Fiber will be able to go beyond the Gigabit threshold envisaged so far.At the moment, operators will be able to propose the 2.5 Gbps profile only in case of activation of a new fixed line, even with number portability, while upgrades are not yet possible for end customers already active on the Open Fiber network.According to the same source, for the new speed profile in Fiber FTTH Open Fiber will provide an external ONT with a 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port, in order to take advantage of the entire bandwidth available on your modem.With regard to the modem, as is normally the case for the 1 Gbps profile with Open Fiber's "turnkey" service, each operator who joins the 2.5 Gbps offer will be able to propose or not the router they prefer to end customers. , or alternatively provide the modem provided by Open Fiber which in this case is the FRITZ! Box 5530 Fiber announced in the past few hours.In the case of the FRITZ! Box 5530 Fiber, using the external ONT with Ethernet connection the Fiber port with its SFP module would remain unused, while the Ethernet cable would be inserted into the only 2.5 Gbps port available in the AVM modem.In this way, it will not be possible to reach the download speed of 2.5 Gbps on a single device connected via an Ethernet cable.Instead, through multiple devices you can reach a maximum speed of 2 Gbps in download using the other two 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports at the same time or even the maximum of 2.5 Gbps by combining the Wi-Fi network as well.In this regard, according to what reported in the Open Fiber press release, the FRITZ! Box 5530 Fiber modem uses the Wi-Fi 6 Mesh standard with MU-MIMO, which allows parallel transmission on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands. for speeds up to 3 Gbps, so theoretically, at least in Wi-Fi 6, it should be possible to approach the maximum limit of 2.5 Gbps in downloads with compatible devices.Join Telegram's @mondomobileweb channel for free to stay updated on the latest telephony news.Follow us also on Google News, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.Share your views or experiences in the comments.