Local and regional governments as service providers

The European Commission invites local and regional governments to participate in the first edition of the European Broadband Award. This Europe-wide competition aims at identifying the five best projects of high-speed broadband networks – the so-called Next Generation Networks (NGN) - delivering at least 30 Mbps in urban, suburban and rural areas.

This initiative aims to contribute to achieve the European broadband targets for 2020:
 

• access for all to much higher internet speeds (30 Mbps or above) 
• 50% or more of European households with internet connections above 100 Mbps 

Get further information on the Broadband Europe initiative on the Commission's website. 

Deadline for applications is 18 September.