Italy was one the few European countries where allowance from the Government was needed to create a Wi-Fi net. Fortunately, things changed the 4th of October and now any access supplier can offer wireless Internet connections. The Government wants these services to reach the rural areas, which are being left aside from the broadband. This liberalisation in the transalpine country also aims at the development of companies which offer roaming between Wi-Fi hotspots, such as Fon. And finally, the Government is going to finance several WiMax trials in places like Aosta Valley (between France and Italy), Abruzzo, Piemonte, Sicily and Sardinia. The majority of these hotspots use BreezeMax, by Alvarion, the supplier of Iberbanda and Euskaltel in Spain.