, ▁creating ▁broad band ▁tele communic ations ▁on ▁the ▁Italian ▁land line ▁network . ▁ ▁Exp ansion ▁and ▁techn ological ▁achiev ements ▁ ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Fast web ’ s ▁broad band ▁network ▁had ▁expanded ▁to ▁cover ▁about ▁ 4 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁Italy ’ s ▁population , ▁and ▁later ▁that ▁year , ▁Fast web ▁won ▁both ▁the ▁Cons ip ▁and ▁the ▁C N IP A ▁tender ▁for ▁the ▁Public ▁Connect ivity ▁System ▁( SP C ) ▁becoming ▁a ▁top ▁supp lier ▁for ▁the ▁Public ▁Author ities . ▁ ▁Swiss com ▁ac quisition ▁ ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Fast web ▁was ▁Italy ’ s ▁leading ▁alternative ▁broad band ▁tele communic ations ▁provider , ▁bo ast ing ▁over ▁one ▁million ▁customers ▁and ▁an ▁annual ▁re venue ▁of ▁€ 1 . 2 6 ▁billion . ▁In ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Fast web ▁was ▁bought ▁by ▁Swiss com , ▁a ▁major ▁Swiss ▁tele communic ations ▁provider , ▁to ▁strength en ▁new ▁techn ologies ▁and ▁multimedia ▁for ▁Swiss com , ▁while ▁increasing ▁c ash ▁flow ▁and ▁re venue . ▁ ▁Exp ansion ▁under ▁Swiss com ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Fast web ▁launched ▁connections ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 0 0   M bits / s ▁for ▁small ▁and ▁medium ▁enter pr ises ▁in ▁areas ▁served ▁by ▁its ▁fi ber - opt ic ▁network , ▁making ▁this ▁connect ivity ▁speed ▁available ▁in ▁Italy ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁year , ▁Fast