BoR (11) 06b BEREC report NGA Country Cases - IRG

BoR (11) 06b
- Main focus of the initiative/measure (e.g. providing broadband in currently
underserved areas; outlining the regulatory approach towards NGAs networks in order
to provide legal certainty and planning security for operators; providing transparency );
The national coverage of high-speed networks is a major challenge for the future of the
territories. The President of the Republic has decided to assign to this project 2 billion in
future investments financed by domestic borrowing.
- Scope and envisaged target of the measure;
The “national ultrafast broadband program", which will allow the implementation of this
project, was released June 14, 2010. It includes, from July 2010 to January 2011, a start-up
phase that is a preliminary step to the opening of financial support for deployment of
ultrafast broadband networks.
Under this first phase, the Government is launching a call for expressions of investment
intentions in order to collect investment intentions of operators to deploy ultrafast local loop
networks, in the next 5 years outside very high-density areas.
Network operators can consult the regional consultative bodies established under the Prime
Minister's circular of 31 July 2009 on the development of digital territory, to be aware of
expectations and priorities of the territories over which they have the intention to deploy
ultrafast broadband infrastructure.
These expressions of investment intentions have a commitment value for network operators
and providers of Internet access and serve as a reference in the subsequent phase of
financial support for deployments (parts A and B of the national program).
They will also be a primary source of information to identify areas where effort, including
shared hosting, operators of electronic communications, is not sufficient to deploy a
broadband network.
A new call for expressions of investment intentions will be held every two years to take
account of the update deployment projects actors.
- Current achievements, milestones reached.
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