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Ro-NET: Bringing high-speed broadband to rural Romania

  • SUCCESS STORY
  • Foilseachán 03 Aibreán 2023

The Romanian national Broadband Competence Office (BCO) brought high-speed broadband connectivity to thousands of rural households and public and private institutions through its Ro-NET project. This project was EU-funded under the European Regional Development Fund.

Title, ‘Bringing high-speed broadband to rural Romania’, over a photograph featuring an aerial view of a rural Romanian landscape of mountains and gentle hills, with small roads and houses.
The European Broadband Competence Offices Network Support Facility

The Romanian national Broadband Competence Office (BCO) designed and implemented the Ro-NET project to bring high-speed broadband coverage to rural Romania. As the BCO’s lead representative, Corneliu Manescu, explains in this interview, the project managed to cover 695 rural localities, connecting 200,000 rural households, 8,000 public and private institutions and over 390, 000 citizens, thanks to national and EU funding, via the European Rural Development Fund (ERDF).

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This interview was filmed as part of the European Broadband Competence Offices (BCO) Network’s work to raise awareness of EU support for high-speed broadband deployment and share good practices in broadband projects. Discover more interviews in the BCO Network YouTube playlist and more broadband good practices, news and resources in the BCO Network Library.

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