Asteo Red Neutra impulsará rutas alternativas entre Lisboa, Madrid y el eje norte de España–sur de Francia para reforzar la resiliencia de la red a través, entre otros, del proyecto Venus, cofinanciado por la Unión Europea a través del programa CEF Digital. Durante su...
In a hyperconnected world, the fast and secure transmission of information is the engine of the economy. But how do these immense volumes of information actually travel? The answer lies in long-distance transmission networks. Long-Distance Connectivity Services in...
The annual study conducted by Observatorio Asteo is based on a survey of Internet users living in rural areas with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants. It analyzes the digital environment and quality of life in rural communities across Spain, with a particular focus on...
Asteo Red Neutra has been selected as one of 56 European projects to receive funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital program, promoted by the European Commission through HADEA, the European Health and Digital Executive Agency. The program has...
At ASTEO RED NEUTRA we are proud to announce that we have been nominated in the "Champions in addressing digital divide in rural and remote areas"category of the European Digital Connectivity Awards 2025 for the project "FTTH Gigabit in ultra rural areas of Castilla y...
Within the framework of AOTEC25, Yolanda Platero, resp. of Business Development of Correos Telecom, shared the evolution of the company, its challenges and vision of the telecommunications sector, in the meetings of Connecting the RURAL to the world in Aotec,
In rural Spain access to education and vocational training is undergoing a significant transformation thanks to the Internet. According to recent data, 20% of Internet users in areas with less than 10,000 inhabitants use online learning, highlighting the growing...
Pedro Abad, CEO of Asteo, and Pere Antentas, CEO of Rede Aberta, presented this strategic and commercial alliance of fiber networks, which seeks to facilitate small operators to work with a wholesale model.
In Spain, 4,986 municipalities have less than 1,000 inhabitants. That is no less than 60%. Their low population density has led to a reduction in existing services in favor of communities with more than 20,000 residents, and in turn, the delay in the arrival of new...
In its August issue, the publication ZTE Technologiesa technical magazine on the latest trends in the telecommunications sector, has interviewed Pedro Abad, CEO of Asteo Red Neutra to learn more about the company's role as a FTTH wholesale operator focused on building...
The connectivity of a winery, vineyard or wine farm through fiber optics can change its future, considering the improvement in productivity, efficiency and precision that can be achieved thanks to the technologies that can be incorporated. Why connect a winery or...
Smart agriculture is the harnessing of new technologies to improve productivity and farm management. To a large extent smart agriculture is possible thanks to the arrival of fiber optics to rural populations, since having high-speed, low-latency Internet in a rural...
Since the announcement of the arrival of this artificial intelligence chatbot, articles with conversations and interviews have been published incessantly. Now it is the turn of fiber optics and its deployment in rural areas with low population density. We have talked about whether it can improve the lives of the over 65s, whether it can slow down depopulation…
Pedro Abad, CEO of ASTEO Red Neutra, reflects in DirectorTIC.es on the arrival of fiber optics to ultra-rural populations with less than 1,000 inhabitants and on the use of the Internet and digital devices among users of small towns.
The UNICO - Broadband Program is an action that falls within the framework of Investment 1 of Component 15 of the Plan for the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience of the of the Spanish economy and is financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEUwith funds from...
Pedro Abad, CEO of ASTEO Red Neutra, shared with the program “Está pasando”, of Radio Televisión de Castilla y León – RTVCyL, our vision on the importance of fiber optic coverage reaching all rural towns in the country, especially in Castilla y León and Extremadura. During his speech he also spoke about the need to “encourage citizens to choose between different options and service offers”.
How has FTTH evolved in Spain and what has driven its rapid growth?
Pedro Abad, CEO of ASTEO Red Neutra, talks in the podcast “The Fiber Pod” about the prospects of the Spanish FTTH market, the characteristics of deployment in rural areas and the search for more sustainable solutions; together with Magnus Angermund, Head of Northern Europe at Hexatronic.
ASTEO Red Neutra has created “Asteo Service Enabler” to allow local telecom operators to simplify process management and interact directly with their network inventory system. In addition to other functionalities, it allows to reserve physical ports for installations and to register subscribers with specific speed profiles.
What are these ambitious goals and how will they contribute to making our world a better place by 2030?
Sustainable Development Goal No. 9 refers to “Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure”. Known as SDG9, it aims to “build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”.
Actualidad Económica reviews the situation in rural areas, which account for 18% of the population and where fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) coverage is 60.5%. “Lack of access to a quality connection and fast data transmission translates into the loss of a number of services.” Asteo wants to reach these areas and allow all operators to access through its infrastructures.
Pedro Abad, CEO of ASTEO Red Neutra, and Eduardo Castillo, host of the AfterwWork program on Capital Radio, talk about that part of Spain that is still digitally in the dark and how critical it is to “generate wealth through digitization”. Abad explains the company’s project that aims to connect the less populated areas of Castilla León and Extremadura.
ABC analyzes Spain’s challenge for 2025: for 100% of the population to have ultrafast speed. Pedro Abad, CEO of Asteo, explains that “Local operators that have the role of developing the sector encounter added difficulties in the technical and economic aspects”, which is why the company is developing its rural network as a neutral wholesale operator.
Alma Navarro, from myconomy, together with Pedro Abad, CEO of ASTEO Red Neutra, analyzed the digital divide and the connection in the rural world. As well as the remains and opportunities to provide coverage to these areas, which in recent years have experienced a reduction in the number of inhabitants.
It comes with the purpose of connecting rural environments and less densely populated areas of the country. ASTEO deploys ultra-modern FTTH networks in rural environments, and is currently activating fiber networks in the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castilla León. The company is supported by the CEBF infrastructure fund.