The following projects from each of the five categories were selected as finalists by the jury of the European Broadband Awards 2016:
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Innovative models of financing, business and investment
- BürgerBreitbandNetzGesellschaft (BBNG), Broadband with financial citizen participation, Germany
- Construction of the Wielkopolska Broadband Network (WBN), Poland
- UBit - Utveckling av bredband och IT-infastruktur (Development of broadband and IT-infrastructure), Sweden
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Cost reduction and co-investment
- Breitband-Masterplan für Tirol, Austria
- Net4all - Public and private partnership to bring UBB network to industrial areas in digital divide in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- APOLO-CALIFORNIA, FTTH co-investment agreement between Orange Spain & Vodafone Spain, Spain
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Socio-economic impact and affordability
- Multi-broad net for rural areas and small towns, Poland
- EstWin - Estonian Wideband Infrastructure Network, Estonia
- Catalunya Connecta (CatCon), Spain
- Glasvezel De Wolden (FiberOptic De Wolden), Netherlands
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Openness and competition
- Umeå Energi Broadband Umenet, Sweden
- Coöperatieve Vereniging Fryslân Ring (Cooperative Association Fryslân Ring), Netherlands
- nöGIG, Austria
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Future-proof and quality of service
- NG-PON2, Portugal
- RemIX: A Distributed Internet Exchange for Remote and Rural Networks, United Kingdom
- The Ludgate Hub, Skibbereen - creating the 1GB community, Ireland
G.H. Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, will announce and award the five winners on 14th November at the Award Ceremony of the "B-DAY: Going Giga" conference. Registration and agenda of the event are available.