Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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This video examines how some example countries across Europe are addressing the connectivity investment gaps. Extending high-capacity networks to rural, remote and sparsely populated areas is often not commercially viable, making public support essential to achieving the EU’s Digital Decade targets.
In Sweden, geography is a major challenge. Mountainous areas, scattered communities and numerous islands make connecting the final percentage of households particularly difficult. The country is also working to close the gap between the availability of gigabit infrastructure and the number of people subscribing to these services. Sweden’s predictable system of annual funding calls also enables operators to plan investments and applications over the longer term.
Greece faces similar challenges across its more than 1,000 islands, mountainous regions and less populated areas. Public funding, including ERDF, RRF and CEF Digital support, helps reduce investment risks and extend infrastructure to areas where the market alone cannot deliver.
Poland is focusing on eliminating remaining connectivity “white spots” and reducing disparities between urban and rural areas. European, national and regional funding-including rural development, cohesion policy and Recovery and Resilience Facility resources-is being combined with private investment to support broadband deployment.
Although national circumstances differ, each country is combining public support, EU funding and private investment to build the high-capacity networks needed for Europe’s digital future.
Find out more on the BCO Network:
http://www.bconetwork.eu
See more videos in the series:
http://videos.bconetwork.eu
#DigitalEU #BCO #BCOnetwork
This video examines how some example countries across Europe are addressing the connectivity investment gaps. Extending high-capacity networks to rural, remote and sparsely populated areas is often not commercially viable, making public support essential to achieving the EU’s Digital Decade targets.
In Sweden, geography is a major challenge. Mountainous areas, scattered communities and numerous islands make connecting the final percentage of households particularly difficult. The country is also working to close the gap between the availability of gigabit infrastructure and the number of people subscribing to these services. Sweden’s predictable system of annual funding calls also enables operators to plan investments and applications over the longer term.
Greece faces similar challenges across its more than 1,000 islands, mountainous regions and less populated areas. Public funding, including ERDF, RRF and CEF Digital support, helps reduce investment risks and extend infrastructure to areas where the market alone cannot deliver.
Poland is focusing on eliminating remaining connectivity “white spots” and reducing disparities between urban and rural areas. European, national and regional funding-including rural development, cohesion policy and Recovery and Resilience Facility resources-is being combined with private investment to support broadband deployment.
Although national circumstances differ, each country is combining public support, EU funding and private investment to build the high-capacity networks needed for Europe’s digital future.
Find out more on the BCO Network:
http://www.bconetwork.eu
See more videos in the series:
http://videos.bconetwork.eu
