Allocation of Funds from the “Connecting Europe Broadband Fund“ (CEBF)NEWSThe CEBF was founded by the European Commission (EC), together with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and 3 national development banks in order to finance small projects of broadband infrastructure development which have had problems with source of finance.
ZAGREB, January 31, 2019 –The implementation of the project Rural Network Project RUNE will be financed from the Connecting Europe Broadband Fund (CEBF). It refers to the project launched to provide ultra-fast broadband fibre infrastructure for the users in rural areas of the Republic of Croatia (Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Istra County) and Slovenia. By constructing in the areas that are currently not covered by fibre optic infrastructure, RUNE will help local government units to achieve the goals of the Digital Agenda for Europe 2020 by providing connectivity to a new fibre optic access network enabling the speeds exceeding 1 Gbps.
The CEBF was established in June 2018. The European Commission (EC), together with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and 3 national development banks, German KfW, Italian Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, French Caisse des Depots. The CEBF fund has been established to enable financing of smaller broadband infrastructure development projects that have had difficulties with the source of finance. This should be the other way of financing the projects, together with the already existing ones, both; the European financial instruments and private sources of funding in the market. For more information about the RUNE project contact the link and CEBF funds please contact the following link. # # # For additional information please contact: Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9 10110 Zagreb, Croatia Tel. + 385 (0) 1 700 70 07 Fax + 385 (0)1 700 70 70 Media inquiries can be submitted online using HAKOM’s official website: Registration required. ABOUT HAKOM: HAKOM (www.hakom.hr) - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary competencies in market regulation. |
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