The Government grants new aid of more than 36 million euros to extend ultra-fast broadband to more than 156,000 homes and premises in 12 provinces

03/03/2021
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  • The grants are awarded to the projects selected in the last call of the Broadband Extension Programme (PEBA), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
  • This call was intended for the 12 provinces that did not receive valid proposals for projects that met the minimum requirements in the 2020 call
  • The expansion of high-speed digital infrastructures will continue through the measures of Plan for Digital Connectivity and Infrastructures, that this year already has a budget of 583 million euros, totaling 2,320 million in the period 2021–2025, within the framework of the agenda Spain Digital 2025

    • The government will grant new grants amounting to 36.84 million euros to extend ultra-fast broadband to more than 156,000 homes and premises in 12 provinces.



    The government will grant new grants amounting to 36.84 million euros to extend ultra-fast broadband to more than 156,000 homes and premises in 12 provinces.
    This is stated in the provisional resolution of the call for the New Generation Broadband Extension Program (PEBA-NGA) 2021 that has been published today. These 12 projects will generate investments of 66.02 million euros. The Programme is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
    The grants will allow 156,404 real estate units (homes and commercial premises) in 790 unique entities of population to benefit from new generation broadband access with access speed greater than 300 Mbps (scalable to 1 Gbps). The grants go to the 12 projects that in the call for 2020 did not receive valid proposals that met the requirements.
    This call, resolved in November 2020, awarded grants of 105 million to 33 projects, with investments of 186 million euros, to extend broadband coverage to more than 653,000 households and companies.
    The provinces where the projects of this call will be developed are Almería, Granada, Jaén, Málaga, Huesca, Teruel, Zaragoza, Balearic Islands, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Alicante, Cáceres and Murcia.
    By Province
    Autonomous Community Province Real estate units to cover Households Unique population entities
    ANDALUCIA Almería 22,377 15,664 175
    Granada 20,484 14,339 107
    Jaén 3,896 2,727 30
    Málaga 3,438 2.407 29
    ARAGON Huesca 13.904 9,733 102
    Teruel 20.658 14,461 72
    Zaragoza 46,420 32,494 118
    BALEARIC ISLANDS Balearic Islands 3.817 2,672 59
    CANARIES S. Cruz de Tenerife 1.055 739 16
    COM. VALENCIAN Alicante 15.103 10,572 34
    EXTREMADURA Cáceres 3,818 2.673 16
    MURCIA Murcia 1,434 1.004 32
    Total 156.404 109.483 790
    The Real Estate Units include first homes (homes), second homes and commercial premises
    PEBA Program 2013-2021
    This call is the latest in a program that began in 2013 and that, when the projects in the implementation phase are completed, will have contributed to the coverage of 100 Mbps broadband reaching about 93% of the population.
    In this period of time, the PEBA-NGA has mobilized 798 projects through more than 100 operators, with investments of 1.123 billion euros, of which 621 million euros are public aid.
    These projects will have provided home fiber network (FTTH) coverage to 6.3 million real estate units in more than 20,000 unique population entities.
    Spain Digital 2025
    The Spain Digital 2025 agenda has among its objectives to guarantee adequate digital connectivity for 100% of the population. The Plan for Digital Connectivity and Infrastructure is the first goal of the agenda. It has a budget of 583 million euros in 2021 and 2,320 million until 2025, financed through the European Union Resilience and Recovery Fund.