FiberCop will have to submit another proposal for wholesale access tariffs to its fixed network. The October 23, 2026 AGCOM communicated that it was unable to approve the new price lists: the changes introduced marked progress, but did not eliminate all the critical issues. The operator took note of the outcome and declared that he wanted to continue the discussion to quickly close the procedure.
The evaluation went from Infrastructure and Networks Commissionwhich in the meeting of 21 October examined the information from the competent management. The Commission therefore instructed the offices to transmit the outcome of the verification to the company. The AGCOM press release does not contain a list of the individual points still to be corrected, nor a quantification of the economic revisions requested.
The issue concerns the functioning of the wholesale price control. In this procedure the Authority cannot directly indicate the amounts to be applied: it must verify that the economic conditions proposed comply with the requirements of fairness and reasonableness. It is therefore up to FiberCop to formulate a version capable of passing the exam, on which the conclusion of the process depends.
The distinction matters. The greater freedom given to the operator in defining price lists maintains a regulatory approval requirement: proposing tariffs and obtaining the green light remain two distinct steps. Recognition of improvements alone is not enough to make the entire proposal acceptable. On this point the Authority’s message is clear, without going into detail about the remaining critical issues.
More tariff autonomy, with AGCOM verification
The framework derives from the new analysis of the markets for access services to the fixed network, approved with the resolution 58/26/CONS and published on March 16, 2026. The provision eased FiberCop’s obligations in markets where it retains significant market power. Operator status wholesale onlywhose recognition was announced on 18 June 2025, constitutes an element of this structure.
FiberCop published inApril 2026 the proposals of the new price lists, starting the subsequent examination by the Authority. During the proceedings, several Italian fixed network operators contested the conditions presented, reporting the critical issues of the tariffs to AGCOM. The outcome communicated on 23 October confirms that the revised proposal has not yet met the criteria required for approval.
In their response, FiberCop described how few i points still open and interpreted the recognition of progress as confirmation of the work done. This is the reading of the company, which said it is confident of reaching the conclusion quickly. However, AGCOM did not indicate a deadline for the green light in the press release: the necessary step remains the presentation of another suitable proposal.
FiberCop also recalled the effective date from September 16thprovided for by the regulation. The company’s own annual financial report places the start of the new prices on that date, after the transitional period. The temporal reference must therefore be distinguished from the outcome of the procedure: the date referred to by the operator does not equate to approval of the economic conditions, which is currently missing.
