By 2030, the Slovak national digital connectivity plan foresees coverage of all households and socio-economic drivers with gigabit connectivity.
National digital connectivity strategy and policy
Responsible authorities
- The national Broadband Competence Office (BCO) of Slovakia is the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation (Kancelária pre širokopásmové pripojenie ), responsible for digitalisation and the national digital connectivity plan of Slovakia.
- The regulatory tasks are performed by the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (Úrad pre reguláciu elektronických komunikácií a poštových služieb).
- The National Agency for Network and Electronic Services (Národná agentúra pre sieťové a elektronické služby, NASES) supports the acceleration of the development and expansion of eGovernment services as well as operates state telecom infrastructure in Slovakia.
Main aims and measures for digital connectivity development
The Slovak national digital connectivity plan, approved in March 2021, aims to cover all households with speeds of at least 100 Mbps, with the possibility of upgrade to 1 Gbps, as well as cover socio-economic drivers (schools, institutions, offices, transport hubs) with speeds of at least 1 Gbps by 2030. In 2023, the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic (MIRDI SR) updated the plan by approving the feasibility study, increasing the targets to gigabit speeds. According to the plan, the objectives are best met with the support for the construction of passive fibre optic networks.
The investment gap is estimated at EUR 960 million. The costs are to be covered mainly from private sources, where necessary also from public sources and the European Funds (RRF and ESIF). The plan envisages support to operators to build the infrastructure where it has not been economically attractive for them so far. This can also be combined with other incentives such as vouchers for households to purchase modern telecommunications services or calls for municipalities to build the necessary infrastructure with state support and then lease it to operators. The Programme Slovakia 2021-2027 has a total allocation of EUR 112.1 million under Measure 1.5.1 Promotion of digital connectivity.
The National Policy for Electronic Communications until 2030 (Národná politika pre elektronické komunikácie do roku 2030) aims at development of very high-capacity networks (VHCN) and supports FTTx deployment.
The strategic document Support for the development of 5G networks in Slovakia for the years 2020–2025 sets a vision and goals for the 5G roll-out.
Data on digital connectivity development and technologies in the Slovakia
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
English
- Broadband Investment Handbook
- Mobile and Fixed Broadband Prices in Europe 2023
- Study on National Broadband Plans in the EU27
Slovak
- Národný plán širokopásmového pripojenia, marec 2021
- Stratégia digitálnej transformácie Slovenska 2030
- Podpora rozvoja sietí 5G na Slovensku na roky 2020-2025
Contact information
BCO Slovakia (national Broadband Competence Office): Ministry of Investments, Regional development and Informatisation of the Slovak Republic (Ministerstvo investícií, regionálneho rozvoja a informatizácie Slovenskej republiky)
National Agency for Network and Electronic Services (Národná agentúra pre sieťové a elektronické služby)
Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (Úrad pre reguláciu elektronických komunikácií a poštových služieb)
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