The Guidelines for the 2021-2026 mandate, approved by Rome’s Capitoline Assembly at the end of the current Council’s post, involve a commitment to build 5G small cell infrastructure, with the aim of enabling Smart City services and promoting the digitisation of the Public Administration.

The initiative, intended to create mission-critical communication systems and deploy IoT devices to improve urban security management, will create engagement with public and private parties through Public/Private Partnerships. The telecommunications market has a clear interest in the initiative, which resulted in a public/private partnership proposal presented in November 2022 by an economic party operating as a neutral host. The proposal includes Wi-Fi coverage and the positioning of 2,000 video surveillance cameras and around 1,800 environmental quality sensors. The proposal was declared of public interest in March 2023, following a public invitation to tender for the selection of the economic operator. The 25-year agreement was signed in December 2023. The contract is currently being implemented, with works having commenced in the first half of 2024 and already completed in the Piazza Buenos Aires.