MyNet.it, 1995-2025: BIG CELEBRATION AT PALAZZO TE FOR MYNET'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY, Fibra ottica, ADSL

1995-2025: BIG CELEBRATION AT PALAZZO TE FOR MYNET'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY

09/04/2025

The Mantuan operator specializing in fiber optic connectivity celebrated the milestone at Palazzo Te in front of 600 people

A large audience composed of over 600 people including customers, collaborators, longtime supporters, friends, authorities, and representatives of entities and institutions celebrated this evening the 30th anniversary of Mynet, an operator born in Mantua in 1995 that in just under thirty years has become one of the top five national players specializing in fiber‑optic connectivity.

The event was framed by the exedra of Palazzo Te: on stage appeared the three company partners, President Riccardo Barbera, Chief Executive Officer Luca Legittimo, and Giovanni Zorzoni, the company’s General Manager.

Mynet’s story began in 1995 – a year of great ferment and promise for the telecommunications sector following market liberalization – in a small commercial premises on via Ardigò in central Mantua, born from the great passion for new technologies of seven young locals. Less than a year later, many dropped out, except Riccardo Barbera and Luca Legittimo. In 2003, Giovanni Zorzoni joined them as a partner, having already been with the company as an employee since late 2001.

Since then, the three entrepreneurs have remained together in the company continuously: from early “jack‑of‑all‑trades” they evolved into managers, talent scouts, and representatives of their category, as in the case of Zorzoni, who is Vice‑President of AIIP, the Italian Association of Internet Providers, and has served two consecutive terms as President.

“In the beginning,” the founders recall, “we sold Internet connections via modem based on the common telephone line, which at best reached about 0.05 Megabits per second—extremely slow compared to today’s connections. The real breakthrough,” they continue, “came in the mid‑2000s: the need for ultra‑fast connectivity grew, and while the market turned to first‑ and second‑generation ADSL and FTTC services, we began investing in fiber‑optic, essentially a revolution in speed and performance quality. A decision that ultimately proved pivotal for the company’s future.”

Today, Mynet boasts over 32,000 km of proprietary fiber‑optic network laid across Italy, reaching 650 industrial districts and serving over 120,000 IPv4 addresses, with commercial and technical‑operational offices in Lombardy, Veneto, Trentino‑South Tyrol, and Emilia‑Romagna. There are over 200 collaborators—more than a hundred in Mantua alone—with further growth expected in the next two years. These numbers place Mynet among the top five companies nationally in terms of network capability and revenue.

The three entrepreneurs are involved in other ventures, such as Mynet Trentino, a sister company based in Rovereto that operates independently and exclusively in Trentino‑South Tyrol, and with the acquisition of Utility Line Italia, a company from Brianza, Mynet has entered the capital of MIX, the first and most important Italian interconnection point—what experts consider the “Mediobanca” of Italian operators.

Providing highly customized solutions for businesses requires not only passion and expertise but also the ability to directly manage network resources (cables, equipment, backbones) that fewer than ten national operators can claim.

Mynet’s operations rest on four pillars: internalization of resources, leading to dramatic increases in skills and service quality; transparency in contracts, ensuring fixed prices that precisely match what was signed by the customer; attention to the territory, particularly to underserved and digitally divided areas, which has driven the company to deliver ultra‑broadband coverage—through significant financial effort sustained by annual reinvestment of profits—in hamlets, isolated dwellings, peripheral industrial zones where Mynet remains, even today, the only provider of high‑quality connectivity; and finally, efficient technical assistance—customer requests are handled directly by well‑qualified technicians immediately available by phone, with the added benefit of a pervasive territorial presence of professionals ready to intervene rapidly.
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