Following the first Connecting Europe Facility – Digital (CEF Digital) call for proposals at the beginning of 2022, the Commission selected seven projects that will deploy 5G connectivity and enable innovative use cases for public services and services of general interest.

Today, the European Commission has selected 38 projects that will receive EU funding to support safe, secure and sustainable high-performance infrastructure, including Gigabit and 5G networks across Europe.

Six new hubs, each one covering one or more Member States, will become part of the European Digital Media Observatory to contribute to the fight against disinformation across Europe. Together with the current eight hubs already in place since 2021, they will expand coverage of the EDMO network to 100% of the EU population.

The second CEF Digital call for the 5G Corridors Works action is now open until 23 February 2023, with a budget of €25 million.

The main objective of this CSA is to accelerate the development of edge computing solutions as part of 5G corridors and 5G smart communities and thus ensure their integration in the European federated cloud and edge infrastructures funded under the CEF Digital and Digital Europe programmes.

To boost the digitalisation of European transport and energy networks, Operational Digital Platforms will be prepared for deployment under a new call for proposals through the Connecting Europe Facility Digital programme.

The Commission has launched the second call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility Digital programme (CEF Digital). The 5G for Smart Communities action will contribute to the deployment of 5G-based systems that support services of general interest for citizens around the EU.

The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) selected its first portfolio of 35 research, innovation, and trial projects to enable the evolution of 5G ecosystems and promote 6G research in Europe. With a combined funding for this new portfolio of around €250 million under Horizon Europe, the aim is to build a first-class European supply chain for advanced 5G systems and build Europe’s 6G technology capacities.

On the 20th of September, the European Broadband Competence Offices (BCO) Network hosted an online session to discuss the first “Backbone Connectivity for Digital Global Gateways” call, under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital programme, and prepare interested candidates for the upcoming ones.