News article
CEF Telecom Calls Open to Applications
04/05/2018
Funding available to deploy digital services infrastructure across the EU, based on mature technical and organisational solutions to support exchanges and collaboration between citizens, businesses and public authorities.
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in Telecom is a key EU instrument to facilitate cross-border interaction between public administrations, businesses and citizens, by deploying digital service infrastructures (DSIs) and broadband networks. A €1.04 billion budget is earmarked for trans-European digital services for 2014-2020. The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) is responsible for implementing an estimated €300 million of the CEF Telecom budget in the form of grants during the same period.