"Assoprovider has reached 268 members, effectively becoming the first network in the TLC sector in Italy (+20% in the first 6 months of 2022). Within a year, sponsors have increased from 4 to 11. We are improving the organization of the association, with Giuseppe Scinica becoming responsible for network development. And then the communication activities with OpenTLC, LABTV, Pandant: we have built a war machine in recent years."

With Marcello Cama, Vice President of Assoprovider, responsible for communications and co-founder of OpenTLC, we revisit the first Assoprovider Market Place, which took place in Rome on June 15, 2022.

"The new format of the Market Place was clearly an experiment: we can say that the experiment was successful. The room was full," explains Cama.

In addition to institutional meetings, the last one on April 1, 2022, in Bergamo, Assoprovider meets at the Market Place to create concrete business opportunities, "to match supply and demand and give fellow Operators the opportunity to integrate their services. For example, here in Rome, a professional email service interacted with a company for digital document preservation to create a joint offering: this is exactly the goal of Assoprovider, to network."

Cama then emphasizes the importance of the Value that Proximity Operators must begin to offer, beyond mere connectivity services:

"With Coretech, main sponsor, we have tried to convey the importance of transitioning from ISP/WISP to VISP, or Value Internet Service Provider. It is essential for Operators to move from merely providing a connection to enriching their offerings with services, solutions, and new added value."

There is time to remember the upcoming appointments with Assoprovider: in Palermo on September 30, then Milan between October and November, and finally in Rome with a new stage of the institutional event.