(Telecompaper) Italian wholesale operator Open Fiber has announced a strategic partnership agreement to enable Orange Business Services (OBS), the global business services arm of France's Orange, to officially enter the Italian market. Under the terms of the deal, OBS will rely on Open Fiber's gigabit FTTH network, the third largest in Europe (behind Telefonica and Orange), to deliver advanced digital services to Italian business customers via the activation of a network-to-network interface (NNI).