- Support for connection to ultra-high-speed broadband services Grant worth a total of 120 euros for a period of 1 year
The State Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy announces the announcement of the 1st call for the "Connectivity Grant" Grant Scheme, which aims to encourage and support households to connect to ultra-high-speed broadband services, by providing a grant of a total value of EUR 120, for a period of one (1) year, to cover part of the related costs.
In particular, the grant can be used either to activate a new connection or to upgrade an existing connection (with a download speed of less than 100Mbps) to a connection with a download speed of at least 200Mbps under peak conditions.
Individuals residing both within individual dwellings/single-family houses and within housing estates/multi-family houses may benefit from the Scheme, and each Beneficiary may be subsidised for a single connection per dwelling.
The diagram below shows the step-by-step process that each Subscriber should follow to claim a grant, if they are a Beneficiary:
Grant applications (for the 1st Call) can be submitted until 30 September 2023, or until the budget is exhausted. More information on the provisions of the Grant Scheme and the grant application procedure is available on the Scheme website .
The Connectivity Grant Scheme is being promoted under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRP), Cyprus_to_Tomorrow, and is expected to cover approximately 82,000 beneficiaries by mid-2025. It is considered crucial for the achievement of the goals set at national and European level for the transition to a Gigabit Society, where all citizens without exception will participate actively and equally in the digital economy and society of the future and will have all the guarantees to derive maximum benefits from the digital transition.
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