OpNet leads the Wholesale Castle Tour 2025: three stops for the digital future of the industry
Value Connections: the wholesale tour that strengthens the telco-ICT chain
From Veneto to Sicily, a travelling tour of meetings and content with the telco - wholesale and ICT community. With Il Sole 24 Ore as media partner, OpNet strengthens its role as a reference player on the national telco scene.
The Wholesale Castle Tour, a travelling event now in its second edition, is ready to become a real point of reference for the wholesale community. The protagonist of the initiative will be OpNet, main sponsor of the event, which thus strengthens its position as a strategic partner for the enabling of fixed and mobile connectivity and the development of the country's digital ecosystem; the initiative is supported, among others, by Fastweb + Vodafone, Eolo Wholesale, Cellnex and Fiber Telecom. The event, organised by 3vents and with the media partnership of Il Sole 24 Ore, will combine moments of high-level confrontation, opportunities for qualified networking and national visibility.
Three stages are planned, hosted in locations of prestige with a strong symbolic value: 30 October at Castello Bevilacqua in Verona, 20 November at Castello di Rosciano in Umbria and 2 December at Castello di San Marco near Taormina. An itinerary that crosses Italy from north to south, enhancing territorial peculiarities as a lever to discuss the most relevant themes for the sector.
The OpNet Wholesale Castle Tour was born with a clear vision, which aims to build a digital ecosystem capable of connecting operators, institutions and businesses. Each appointment will be conceived as an immersive space, with attention to detail, where carriers, vendors, providers and stakeholders will be able to directly discuss scenarios, technologies and concrete opportunities. The formula will include dedicated spaces for one-to-one networking and a Spotlight Stage area for interviews and video productions. A structure designed not only to create relationships, but also to generate and discuss topical and valuable content.
The macro-themes of the tour reflect the central challenges of the sector: from the evolution of the wholesale market to digital transformation, passing through infrastructure and technological innovation, to the major regulatory dossiers and cybersecurity. The models of neutrality and transparency typical of the wholesale-only market, the dynamics of consolidation and alliances between operators, but also the perspectives linked to innovative services such as Network-as-a-Service, edge computing, smart cities and artificial intelligence will be addressed. Ample space will also be dedicated to the themes of sustainability and green networking, with the aim of uniting performance and environmental responsibility.
Each stage will be built around the specificities of the territory, with targeted content and meetings. In Veneto, the One-to-One comparisons and theuse cases recorded in the Spotlight Stage will be dedicated to the theme "Networks and digital services for the manufacturing fabric of the north-east". In Umbria, the focus will be on "Digital infrastructures for resilient communities", while Sicily will explore "NaaS and local development: when the network becomes the engine of growth".
Three different focuses, united by a single objective: to demonstrate that digital transformation can only be achieved on high-performance, secure and interoperable networks, enhanced by the central role of the Wholesaler Operator, the true enabler of local operators contributing to the development of the territory and its economic fabric.
In highly productive contexts, as well as in the villages and communities of central and insular Italy, the Operator Wholesaler plays a fundamental role in enabling neutral access to advanced, resilient and high quality network infrastructures. Through advanced and complementary technological solutions, it supports and extends the capacities, also infrastructural, of local operators, enabling them to develop connectivity services adherent to their core business and to the specificities of the communities and territories in which they operate.
The role of OpNet as main sponsor is crucial. A wholesale company of the WindTre Group, it addresses TLC operators, multiutilities and cross-industry realities with an integrated offer of fixed, mobile and infrastructure solutions. Its business model is based on neutrality, openness and cooperation: principles that enable operators to develop services that are adherent to territories and communities. With the OpNet Wholesale Castle Tour 2025, this vision finds a concrete translation, strengthening the competitiveness and innovation of the supply chain and confirming the wholesale as a strategic driver of the country's digital transformation.
In an increasingly complex market, in which technological convergence and European regulation pose decisive challenges, OpNet establishes itself as an enabler of solutions and a reference partner for the wholesale ecosystem.
Thanks to an integrated portfolio of fixed and mobile network solutions, dedicated infrastructures and over 40 active wholesale agreements, it enhances WindTre's Top Quality Network Mobile and 5G technology to offer nationwide coverage and excellent performance.
The technological and infrastructural solidity of the WindTre Group represents the strategic pillar of OpNet's wholesale offer, which provides its customers with direct access to the Group's technological and network resources, delivering reliable, scalable and high-quality services.
No less important is the commitment to security: with the advent of NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act, networks must ensure business continuity, resilience and transparency. OpNet integrates these principles into its strategy, promoting an approach that combines regulatory compliance, technological innovation and customer focus.
Being main sponsor of such a relevant event reinforces OpNet's position as an industry leader, with the aim of promoting the wholesale culture as a lever of innovation and consolidating a network of high-profile relationships. The OpNet Wholesale Castle Tour 2025 represents, in fact, a laboratory of ideas and an accelerator of synergies between operators and territories. Participating means entering a qualified circuit of comparison and visibility, within which each sponsor and each guest will have the opportunity to contribute to outlining the digital future of Italy. OpNet, with its vision and commitment, strengthens itself as a protagonist in this challenge, leading the transformation of a sector that today more than ever represents the backbone on which the country's growth rests.
