About us
The rural digital infrastructure platform
Rurix Rural Interconnection is the parent company of Asteo Red Neutra and Rede Aberta. As the group's common platform, it drives the commercial coordination of its digital infrastructure capabilities - FTTH and long-distance networks - under criteria of neutrality, resilience, and efficiency.
About Rurix
Critical infrastructure built from the rural territory
At a time when Europe and the world need more data capacity, network resilience, and autonomy from external infrastructures, Rurix demonstrates that such critical infrastructure can also be built from rural territories.
Through Asteo Red Neutra and Rede Aberta, Rurix coordinates a proposal for interconnection and long-distance transmission services over transport networks that will connect Spain, Portugal, and France, along with an FTTH network covering more than 800,000 rural homes in over 2,300 population centers in Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Galicia, and the Community of Madrid.
Originally established in 2024 as a commercial alliance, Rurix evolves in 2026 into its current corporate holding structure, incorporating new services linked to long-distance transport networks (DWDM), data center interconnection, and Edge computing.
Key facts
Transport network
+6,500 km
Access network
+12,000 km of FTTH
Territorial coverage
Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Galicia and Madrid
Past homes
800,000
Access technology
XGSPON
Transportation technology
DWDM (advanced optical capacity transport)
Model maturity
Since 2020, the continuous deployment of a greenfield network through Asteo and Rede Aberta has allowed Rurix to consolidate a mature, field-tested operating model and network that are ready to continue scaling.
Rurix is the interconnection born in the rural areas that connects with the global digital world.
Why Rurix?
RUR + IX | Rural interconnection
The name Rurix synthesizes the company's fundamental proposal: infrastructure born in the rural area whose function is interconnection.
RUR
Rural
The origin and focus of Rurix lies in the rural environment: networks born in villages, regions, and underserved corridors, not in major hubs.
IX
Interconnection
Interconnection is the company's core function: the fabric that unites access networks, long distance, data centers, edge, and operators.
Rurix means making rural areas an essential interconnection point for the digital economy: data sovereignty and network resilience built from the territory, not just from the big capital cities.
Holding
Rurix Rural Interconnection
Rurix Rural Interconnection is the holding company that integrates the companies Asteo Red Neutra and Rede Aberta, both backed by the CEBF (Connecting Europe Broadband Fund).
Asteo Red Neutra
2021
Wholesale telecommunications infrastructure operator specialized in the design, deployment, and management of transport networks (backbone and backhaul) and FTTH networks in Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, including Ciudad Real, Extremadura, and the Community of Madrid.
Castile and León
Castile-La Mancha
Extremadura
Community of Madrid
Rede Aberta
2020
Galician telecommunications operator specializing in deploying high-capacity fiber optic networks in rural areas, industrial estates, and business hubs.
A Coruña
Lugo
Ourense
Pontevedra
CEBF / CUBE
Background
Connecting Europe Broadband Fund, managed by CUBE Infrastructure Managers, an independent entity specializing in infrastructure investments founded in 2007. It participates in both companies of the holding.
Rurix is the digital infrastructure platform where rural connectivity becomes critical infrastructure for operators, data centers, and cloud ecosystems.
Mission, Vision and Values
Why we exist and where we are going
Mission
Boost, together with Asteo Red Neutra and Rede Aberta, the development of neutral and high-performance telecommunications infrastructures that connect large data corridors and cloud ecosystems with the territory, facilitating scalable and resilient connectivity.
Vision
Consolidate a footprint of neutral digital infrastructures of global reach from rural areas, prepared for the demand of global data traffic in Europe, facilitating the decentralization of connectivity and reinforcing European digital sovereignty over its own data.
Strategic values
Structural Neutrality
Carrier-Neutrality
Infrastructure that does not rely on a single operator or external actors: control and sovereignty over the data that flows.
Resilience and Flexibility
Networks designed to never fail, with real redundancy against a single point of failure.
Cohesion and Decentralization
Rural connectivity as an engine for territorial equality, not as a business periphery.
Future-Ready Architecture
Continuous deployment since 2020 and cutting-edge technology (XGSPON, DWDM) to meet the demand for AI and cloud in Europe.
Our impact
Data sovereignty
European critical infrastructure, not dependent on third parties: data generated within the territory stays and is processed closer to its origin.
Network resilience
True redundancy and structural neutrality against a single point of failure, for operators, data centers, and major tech companies.
Rural connectivity
Bridge the territorial digital divide by bringing state-of-the-art infrastructure to the less densely populated areas of Spain.
Digitalization of society
Preparing Spain and Europe for the traffic, AI, and cloud demand that is already arriving, without leaving rural areas behind.
Our Platform
Key figures
+12,000 KM
ACCESS NETWORK
+6,500 KM
TRANSPORT NETWORK
300
POINTS OF PRESENCE
DWDM
ADVANCED OPTICAL CAPACITY TRANSPORT
10 Gbps
Symmetrical FTTH
+800,000
PAST HOMES
+2,300
POPULATION CENTRES
16
PROVINCES
FTTH Coverage
Castile and León
Ávila
Burgos
Leon
Segovia
Salamanca
Valladolid
Zamora
Galicia
A Coruña
Lugo
Ourense
Pontevedra
Extremadura
Cáceres
Badajoz
Castile-La Mancha
Toledo
Ciudad Real
Community of Madrid
Madrid
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Connectivity Centers
Galnix · First internet exchange point in Galicia
Data traffic exchange node located in Santiago de Compostela, reducing the distance data travels by up to 75%. Developed with the participation of Rede Aberta and the support of IGAPE.
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Cutting-edge technology
XGSPON in FTTH access
DWDM in the transport network
The transport infrastructures and DCI capacities developed by the group's operating companies are based on DWDM technology, carrying large volumes of traffic between data centers, Edge computing nodes, and cloud ecosystems with maximum capacity and reliability.
Future-proof architecture
This technological combination positions Asteo Red Neutra and Rede Aberta to meet the growing demand for data traffic, AI, and cloud in Europe, with an infrastructure designed to scale without losing performance.
PUBLIC - PRIVATE COLLABORATION
UNICO Broadband Program
Asteo Red Neutra and Rede Aberta have been awarded, in their respective areas, grants from the UNICO Banda Ancha Program, which recognizes and finances broadband deployments in rural areas with a connectivity deficit.
Burgos
A Coruña
Pontevedra
Salamanca
Segovia
CEF Digital Funds
The Venus Spain and Portugal long-distance network of Asteo Red Neutra and the study project to develop Atlantic Arc of Rede Aberta are supported by funds from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital program, promoted by the European Commission through HADEA, the European Health and Digital Executive Agency.
These public awards, which have demanding award criteria, guarantee the technical rigor and solvency of the companies that make up Rurix to institutions, operators, and investment partners.
Organization
Steering Committee
The founding team driving the Rurix project.
Pedro Abad
CEO of Rurix · CEO of Asteo Red Neutra
With more than 25 years of experience in telecommunications, digital infrastructure and business development, prior to the incorporation of Rurix as a holding company, he led Asteo Red Neutra, driving its growth as an infrastructure operator. He also held executive positions at Adamo, Coolpad, Lebara Mobile, HTC, Nokia and Wanadoo. At Rurix, he leads the corporate strategy, alliances and growth of the company.
Pere Antentas
CTO of Rurix · CEO of Rede Aberta
Industrial Engineer from the UPC, he brings more than 25 years of experience in infrastructure, energy, and telecommunications. Before the constitution of Rurix as a holding company, he led Rede Aberta and held positions of responsibility at Electradistribució Centelles, the City Council of Centelles, Fibroptic Cat Telecom, and GIP Infraestructures. At Rurix he directs the technological strategy and the evolution of networks and critical infrastructures.
Ana Rial Horcajo
CFO of Rurix · Rural Interconnection
With more than 30 years of financial experience in telecommunications and infrastructure. Before joining Rurix, he was CFO of Grupo EXCOM, finance manager at Onivia, and developed a large part of his career at Vodafone, leading international teams, transformations, and financial planning.
CONTACT
Let's talk about capacity, connectivity, and network
Tell us about your project. The Rurix sales team will analyze your request and coordinate with the Asteo Red Neutra and/or Rede Aberta technical team to define the infrastructure and connectivity solution that best suits your needs.
