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The National Broadband Plan of the country for the years 2014-2020 was formed at cooperation between the competent Ministry, other competent public bodies (eg HTPC) and institutions and representatives of the market.
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Greece has a high percentage of users that have access to 10 Mbps and a good percentage of users that have access to 24 Mbps connectivity, so that DAE target for 100 % coverage of more than
30 Mbps until 2020 still seams feasible. Competitive forces are a key factor to achieve the coverage targets.
The ministries holding responsibilities are :
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The Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks ( Υπουργείο Υποδομών, Μεταφορών και
Δικτύων
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): for the planning and implementation of national policy and the creation of an appropriate institutional framework for the development of top quality transport, mass-transit, telecom and postal services in a competitive environment. Strategic plans for ICT development, namely National Broadband Plan and National Digital Strategy are available here
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The Hellenic Telecommunications and Posts Commission ( Ελληνική
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Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών
και Ταχυδρομείων
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): for the regulation and supervision of telecommunications and postal services.
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Hellenic Telecommunications and Posts Commission provides an interactive map
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showing broadband availability and infrastructure.
The necessary conditions for the development of the digital economy is the wide availability of quality broadband infrastructure and penetration of their high percentage of the population. The National
Broadband Plan Next Generation seeks to put the roadmap for achieving these conditions. The
National targets of availability and use of broadband connections of high and ultra-high-speed set at
DAE target levels, seeking to act as a catalyst for Digital Development.
Achieving these objectives requires the mobilization of enormous investments depending on a development model to be followed is estimated between a total of € 1.36 billion to 4.53 billion €.
The private sector is expected to pick up the overwhelming part of the weight of these investments with public intervention focused first on securing the investment environment that will make such investments viable in other areas where we identified market failure. However it requires the continuous monitoring of progress achieved and adapting to relevant actions.

The Next Generation National Broadband Plan
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is built on the following two pillars:
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Pillar A: favorable environment for private investment in next-generation networks (investment, legislative and regulatory) to achieve maximum utilization of private resources (both from within and from abroad) towards the development of NGA infrastructure.
Pillar B: Visible public support for the extension of broadband next-generation infrastructure in areas and markets in which they prove that there is no or little interest in developing relevant infrastructures and services:
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Action: «Rural Extension»: designed to cover areas predicted to remain "white areas NGA" after the implementation of investment projects and heralded the implementation of a project under
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Rural Broadband
Action: «Super-Fast Broadband»: which aims to achieve connectivity of 50% of households with speeds of at least 100Mbps, always in combination with the coverage achieved by private investment.
Main measures for broadband development
The European legal and regulatory framework (with the incorporation of the recommendations and directives into national law) sets the framework for the deployment of NGA including specific predictions about the environment implementing private investment, regulation and government intervention. The main texts (taken into account in drawing up the National Plan NGA) include:
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The EU guidelines for the "application of the rules on State aid in relation to rapid deployment of broadband networks”
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and the recent regulation on the EU about the “definition of specific categories of state aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty"
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The Directive 2014/61/EU
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on "reducing the cost of installation Measures high-speed electronic communications networks"
Recommendations of the EU "NGA recommendation"
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and "on consistent non- discrimination obligations and costing methodologies to promote competition and enhance the broadband investment environment"
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The proposed regulation "European single market for electronic communications"
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, which is currently being prepared by the competent bodies of the EU and the EP, and is expected to make substantial changes to the Market mode.
The European Radio Spectrum Policy Programme
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Current Coverage of Broadband Networks (2015)
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Fixed: 99.3%
NGA: 36.3%
Source: Digital Economy & Society Index (DESI)
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Long Term Aims for NGA Coverage
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Objective 1: by 2020 online availability with access speeds of over 30 Mbps for all
Objective 2: by 2020, at least 50% of households should have an interent connection with speeds exceeding 100 Mbps
Source: National Broadband Plan NGA 2014-2020
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Existing actions that are both broad categories of interventions of the National Broadband Plan already financed by resources of the NSRF ("Digital Convergence")
Supporting projects of institutional actions Pillar A funded by Partnership Agreements (FTA) for the years 2014-2020, as well as any new action in the context of stimulating demand for broadband services.
For the implementation of two new projects in Pillar II financial resources and from "Corporate Pact for Development Framework - NSRF 2014-2020" will be used, as well as private investment.
For the implementation of this plan will be sought resource utilization and the Connecting Europe
Facility.
Finally, additional amounts for actions described in this document and can not be financed by NSRF or FTA2014-2020, will be drawn from the Public Investment Programme.
Coverage of different broadband technologies (end of 2014)
TECHNOLOGIES
DSL
VDSL
FTTP
WIMAX
STANDARD CABLE
DOCSIS 3 CABLE
HSPA
LTE
SATELLITE
COVERAGE OF HOMES
99%
34%
0%
0%
0%
0%
99%
70%
100%
Source: Broadband coverage in Europe in 2014 by IHS and VVA
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The table below gives an overview about the latest frequency auctions. Find more
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detailed information about each frequency band.
Month/Year of the auction
Frequency bands
Nov 11
900 MHz,
1800 MHz
Mar
14
3.4
GHz
Jul
13
800
MHz
Not auctioned
2 GHz, 2.6
GHz

Month/Year of the auction Nov 11
Procedure
(auction/contest/etc.)
MR auction
(in 2 phases for the
900 MHz band)
415,81
Total revenue (million
EUR)
Average price
(EUR/MHz/pop)
Population (million)
0,62
Mar
14
11,03
Jul
13
Not auctioned
Special conditions for the award of licences:
The auction for the spectrum in the 900 MHz band is organised in two phases. In the 1st phase, if there are 3 participants, they can exercise a right to acquire 2 x 7.5 MHz at the reserved price. If there are 4 participants, they can exercise a right for 2 x 5 MHz at the reserved price. If there are more than 4 participants, there will be no 1st phase. The second phase is an open auction, with multiple rounds and increasing bids. There is no specific provision regarding the auction for the spectrum in the 1800 MHz band, but for the provision in calculating the frequency cap, spectrum acquired through previous auctions is taken into consideration. There are coverage obligations for the successful bidders (and 5 year derogation, in case of a newcomer).
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National Broadband Strategy (PDF, national version)
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National Broadband Strategy (PDF, English version)
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National Broadband Plan NGA 2014-2020
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Guide to High-Speed Broadband Investmen
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Study on retail broadband access prices (as of February 2015)
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Fixed broadband prices (as of February 2015)
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Study on broadband coverage in Europe (as of 2014)
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Read latest data on broadband coverage in Greece
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Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks (Υπουργείο Υποδομών, Μεταφορών και
Δικτύων)
Address: 2, Anastaseos Str and Tsigante, 10191 Holargos
Contact via email
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Phone: +30 210 6508000
Website
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Hellenic Telecommunications and Posts Commission (Ελληνική Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών

και Ταχυδρομείων)
Address: 60 Kifissias Avenue 151 25 Maroussi Athens, Greece
Contact via email
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Phone: +30 210 615 1000
Website
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Country:
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Greece
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Last updated on 28/04/2016 - 10:55
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[13] https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/radio-spectrum-policy-program-roadmap-wireless-europe
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