Major Polish Wholesalers Launch Collaborative API Project to Boost FTTH access and Competition.
A Collaborative Effort to Streamline Operations and Enhance Broadband Services Across Poland
Warsaw, Poland – October, 2025 – Four of Poland’s main Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) wholesalers – Fiberhost, Nexera, Polski Światłowód Otwarty and Światłowód Inwestycje – today announced a landmark collaborative initiative, partnering with Optare Solutions, an IT Consulting & Engineering Services Company, to lead the design of a common API for FTTH wholesale communications in Poland.
This joint, collaborative initiative aims to standardize FTTH wholesale API interfaces across the participating companies, but the designed solution will be available for the whole Polish market. By designing a common API, the project is expected to significantly reduce integration time and costs for new Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and wholesalers, streamline agreement processes, and accelerate sales. This standardization will also lower barriers to entry in the FTTH market, fostering greater competition.
The communication standard being designed between wholesale operators and retail operators will be publicly available and also will be voluntary. This means that its provision will lower the barrier to access by increasing the possibility of cooperation through the addition of another communication option, without excluding other methods.
The project implements the TM Forum Open APIs – a globally recognized framework within the telecommunications industry. By adopting this standard, the resulting solution will be modern, scalable, and aligned with international best practices. This approach guarantees interoperability and supports the future development of digital services, positioning the Polish market as both mature and innovative.
For internet access subscribers, this initiative translates to a more dynamic and competitive market, leading to improved service offerings. The reduced integration time and cost for ISPs entails that new services can be brought to market faster, providing consumers with more freedom of choice and innovative solutions. A common API facilitates seamless service provisioning, testing, and ticketing, which can lead to faster installations, quicker resolution of issues, and an overall enhanced customer experience.
Optare Solutions was selected as the partner for this consulting project due to its expertise in the telecommunications market, its prior knowledge of the FTTH market acquired across extensive previous projects and its commitment to designing a new API that reuses existing interfaces as much as possible while incorporating industry best practices and telecommunications standards. The project will focus on key wholesale operations, including service provisioning, service testing, and service ticketing.
“This joint effort underscores our commitment to fostering a more efficient and competitive FTTH market in Poland. Partnering with Optare Solutions will enable us to standardize our current APIs, which benefits all participants and drives innovation across the industry. The standard will be available without cost for all market participants – all operators on the market.” – said representatives for the four leading Polish FTTH wholesalers (Ignacio Irurita, CEO of Polski Światłowód Otwarty, Marta Wojciechowska, CEO of Fiberhost and President of the Management Board of Open Allies Foundation, Magda Russyan, CEO of Światłowód Inwestycje, Jacek Wiśniewski, CEO of NEXERA).
The consulting project will involve a structured methodology including individual meetings with stakeholders to understand their current strategies and API interfaces, a comprehensive analysis of existing documentation, and the design and documentation of the new common API. The four participating companies are committed to providing Optare Solutions with full access to their current APIs and provisioning processes, ensuring the successful design of a unified standard.
About Fiberhost
Fiberhost is a leading company in building and operating modern open-access fiber-optic infrastructure (Fiber-to-the-Home) in Poland, currently reaching 1.4 million households.
The company provides wholesale services to both local and nationwide telecom operators. Thanks to the open-access model, residents within Fiberhost’s coverage area can choose from a wide range of internet and TV services, while operators benefit from access to a rich portfolio of wholesale solutions.
About Nexera
Nexera is one of Poland’s leading providers of high-capacity multi-fiber optic cables (min. 300 Mb/s). Nexera’s sole shareholder is Infracapital, one of the leading European infrastructure investors.
Since its creation in 2017, based on the Digital Poland Operational Program (POPC), Nexera has built fiber optic networks in central and north-eastern Poland and added several other networks to its portfolio through acquisition. As of the mid- 2025, Nexera’s network covered 774,000 households located in over 5,850 localities. Company’s target is to get with its multi-fiber in the reach of 1.5 million households.
About Polski Światłowód Otwarty
Polski Światłowód Otwarty (PŚO) is an exclusively wholesale operator, offering all retail operators open access to its broadband network in Poland on non-discriminatory terms. It currently cooperates with five nationwide retail operators – Play, T-Mobile, Netia, Plus, and Orange – as well as four local ones: RFC, Flashnet, Netronik, and Intertell. The PŚO Group already covers over 4.1 million households in Poland and ultimately plans to expand its FTTH (Fiber to the Home) network to reach more than 6 million households. To achieve this, the company is carrying out a network expansion and modernization process using the XGS-PON standard. This technology enables operators using the PŚO network to offer FTTH internet services with speeds of up to 8 Gbit/s.
About Swiatłowód Inwestycje
Światłowód Inwestycje is the largest wholesale-only telecom operator of fiber optic infrastructure in Poland, which enables internet access exclusively in FTTH (Fiber To The Home) technology. The Company is focused on high quality processes and seamless cooperation with operators to ensure the best in class service for all users.
As of the mid 2025, Światłowód Inwestycje reached 700k active services on the coverage of 2,2 million households. At the end of 2025 S-I will finish the first 5-year investment plan with coverage of 2.4 million households, the new investment plan announced in June will expand coverage by 500 thousand households in 2026-28 and another 200 thousand in 2029-32.
Światłowód Inwestycje, established in 2021, is a 50/50 joint venture of Orange Polska, a leading telecom operator in Poland, and APG Asset Management, a leading pension asset manager with extensive experience and a proven track record in telecom infrastructure investments.
About Optare Solutions
Optare Solutions is a leading service consultancy in the telecommunications sector, specializing in delivering innovative and tailored solutions for CSPs and ISPs. Focusing on Network and Services automation, as well as OSS processes and platforms optimization, Optare Solutions is committed to helping clients achieve operational excellence and remain competitive in an ever-evolving market. With more than 160 professionals and a presence in 5 countries, the company has completed over 2,000 projects in more than 25 countries, collaborating with over 30 telecom operators. Since October 2024, Optare Solutions has been listed on the BME Growth market (BME:OPTS), opening new opportunities for international expansion and development.
