The ultra-high-speed broadband strategy 2021-2025 aims at high performance connectivity throughout the whole country. A 5G taskforce and strategy was established to keep Luxembourg at the forefront of 5G connectivity.
National digital connectivity strategy and policy
Responsible authorities
- The Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy (Service des Médias, de la Connectivité et de la politique Numérique) of the Ministry of State (Ministère d'Etat) is Luxembourg's national Broadband Competence Office, in charge of digital connectivity strategy, its coordination as well as implementation.
- The Luxembourg Regulation Institute (Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation) acts as the national regulatory authority with a mission to safeguard market competition.
Main aims for digital connectivity development
Luxembourg’s ultra-high-speed broadband strategy 2021-2025 aims to achieve high performance connectivity for all. Objective 3 of the strategy is to accelerate the deployment of future-proof infrastructure, while respecting technological neutrality, to meet the current and future needs of all households, regardless of their geographical location. Eventually, the migration of all households to scalable future-proof technologies will optimise the energy efficiency of networks by progressively disconnecting the old fixed network.
To prevent the digital divide, the strategy highlights the importance of an affordable basic high-speed internet connection for everyone, defined as a minimum 100 Mbps download internet connection and 20 Mbps upload service. To provide this service to the most disadvantaged households, targeted measures will be assessed and implemented.
The ambition of the strategy is to ensure that every housing unit has access to at least one VHCN (Very High Capacity Network) network, defined as 1 Gbps download and 200 Mbps upload in a fixed network. The strategy prioritises households in remote areas that are not connected by a VHCN network. Connecting remote & rural homes is costly and public support may be considered for cases where private operators have no plans to expand networks.
MyConnectivity initiative was founded by the Luxembourg government and LU-CIX GIE in 2021. The MyConnectivity’s action plan focuses on i.a. promoting the deployment of and access to Ultra-High-Speed Broadband for all via reliable, high-performance and sustainable technical infrastructure. The Luxembourg Connectivity Report (Feb 2026) is a comprehensive, data-driven overview of Luxembourg’s telecom and digital infrastructure. The report provides a snapshot of Luxembourg’s telecom sector, designed to support both national and international stakeholders in decision-making, promotion, and understanding of the sector.
A 5G taskforce was established to keep Luxembourg at the forefront of connectivity. 5G was launched by Post Luxembourg, Orange and Proximus in 2020. Luxembourg has drafted a 5G Strategy.
Main measures for digital connectivity development
- Luxembourg’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) does not include any investment in connectivity, as the policy focus is on ensuring that private investment is sufficient to fulfil the objectives for 2025.
- The Checkmynet.lu tool measures the performance and quality of internet access services for end users and is free-of-charge. If a consumer finds the measured bandwidth to be lower than the one contracted, they can contact their provider. If they do not receive a reply or the reply is unsatisfactory, the consumer can use ILR’s mediation service free-of-charge.
- Digital connectivity mapping: the government has developed a Broadband service mapping tool that shows the level of digital connectivity coverage for each municipality in Luxembourg. The map is based on fixed network operators’ data (Docsis, VDSL and Fibre).
- Another important tool developed by the government is the National Road Works Register. This register contains all the applications for road and roadside permits, which have been submitted by businesses. It also contains information concerning public infrastructure works planned by communes and public administrators on telecommunications, gas, electricity and water networks, etc.
- Other measures:
- Introduction of an obligation to provide reception infrastructure for fibre optic (municipalities have been asked to make reception infrastructure compulsory)
- Introduction of an obligation to provide high speed broadband-ready in-house cabling in new dwellings (appropriate in-house cabling is compulsory for all newly constructed buildings, and already existing multi-dwelling buildings in the event of major renovation works, for which applications for building permits have been submitted after 31 December 2016)
- Access of alternative operators to the network of the incumbent.
Data on digital connectivity development and technologies in Luxembourg
For the latest data on digital connectivity coverage, subscriptions and penetrations, coverage of different digital connectivity technologies check the Digital Decade country reports.
National and EU publications and press documents
- MyConnectivity initiative
- Luxembourg Connectivity Report
- Ultra-high-speed broadband strategy 2021-2025
- Luxembourg's 5G Strategy
- Broadband service mapping system (GEOPORTAIL.LU)
- Carte de la couverture Internet ultra-haut débit
- National Road Works Register
- Broadband Investment Handbook
- Study on National Broadband Plans in the EU27
Contact information
BCO Luxembourg (national Broadband Competence Office): Ministry of State, Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy
Luxembourg Regulation Institute (Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation)
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