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In this presentation I will discuss the LOFAR 2.0 from an Italian perspective. A number of upgrades to the LOFAR telescope, collectively deemed LOFAR 2.0, are drastically increasing LOFAR performance, in particular the low-band antenna ability to deliver cutting edge science. LOFAR 2.0 upgrades show the long term investment and the large interest of the scientific community in the ultra-low frequencies (<100 MHz). These upgrades will maintain LOFAR competitive for the foreseeable feature, edging SKA-Low on the frequency coverage and resolution (and depth, as confusion noise is not a limiting factor). I will discuss what we learned from LOFAR that can be successfully applied to LOFAR 2 and SKA-Low as well as a list of mistakes that we should try not to re-do as the commissioning of these new low-frequency interferometers is approaching.
