Surveys carried out by Regione Veneto involving the main telecommunications providers in the region in 2007, 2008 and 2009, provided important information on the telecommunications infrastructure in Veneto. Specific information on the extent of the online networks owned by the main providers participating in the regional initiative was obtained through the surveys. There are 12 providers, divided into different categories: "local" were those situated within the region and operating mainly within the region; "national" were those based outside the Veneto region and operating on a national level; and "international" were foreign providers also operating in Italy.
Of the 12 providers on the panel, 4 were local, 6 national and 2 international.

Overall, on 31 December 2009 there were almost 17,500 km of telematic infrastructure in Veneto, most of which was to be found along the Verona-Venezia and Rovigo-Treviso axes. The networks also spread into the provinces, and outlying areas are not left wanting.
Of these 17,500 km of infrastructure, more than 10,200 km are fibre optic networks and the remainder are radio links. The backbone networks (Note 1) extend to over 15,800 km; in the cities, MANs (Metropolitan Area Networks) extend to 1,650 km.
Over 8,600 km, or around 55%, of the backbone networks are fibre optic. Whereas, of the Metropolitan networks, 1,567 km are fibre optic (Table 16.2.1).
National providers own most of the telematic infrastructure in Veneto.
Over 92% of the network-more than 16,000 km-is owned by the 6 providers operating throughout the whole of Italy. If we split this data into the two types of technology (fibre/radio links), over 91% of the fibre infrastructure (around 9,100 km) and more than 94% of the radio links network (around 6,850 km) is owned by these national providers.
The local providers own 3.1% of the overall infrastructure (546 km); to be more precise, they own almost 6% of the radio links network (428 km) and just over 1% of the fibre optic network (118 km). The international providers own 7.7% of the fibre optic infrastructure (over 780 km), but none of the radio links networks (Table 16.2.2).
By splitting the infrastructure into backbone and MAN networks, we can see that 94% of the backbone network is owned by national providers and the remainder is shared between the international providers (3.6%) and the local providers (2.4%). In 76% of cases, the metropolitan network is owned by national providers, 13.2% by international providers and the remaining 10% by local providers. Only 83 km of MAN networks is made of radio links, which are run exclusively by local providers.