According to the minister, the project’s financing memorandum will soon be sent to the Government for approval.
End-June, Vreme said the ministry would sign the financing contract in November. He added that the project, which is financed with non-reimbursable EU funds amounting to EUR84 million, would be completed within 24 months.
The ministry will own the network, which will be leased to various operators, Vreme said at that time.
Romania was allotted the EUR84 million in 2009, after it adopted the national broadband strategy, which aims to provide the entire country with high-speed Internet by 2013.