Silicon Republic October 9, 2024
The new investments will be used in part to support 5G infrastructures and upgrade quantum communication networks.
The European Union will invest €865m between 2024 and 2027 to improve the region’s digital connectivity infrastructure.
The investment will form the second Work Programme of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital, the EU said in a statement today (9 October), and will go towards supporting the deployment of standalone 5G and gigabit infrastructures in the region, upgrading quantum communication networks and submarine cables, and improving connectivity networks within and between member states, as well as between EU and non-EU countries.
Part of the investment will also be spent on deploying operational digital platforms for transport or energy infrastructures that can optimise energy...