A number of 43 more communities in Moldova will have access to fiber optics so that the whole country will be covered with optic fiber. The investment will total 45 million lei, IPN reports.
The broadband networks development program provides that all the communities in Moldova will be connected to at least 30 Mbps broadband until 2020. The number of households with access to high-speed Internet will rise to 60% of the total.
“We should emphasize that it is about mobile phone networks. The objective of this program is to spread the fiber optics to each community as there are places where the operators find it unprofitable to work and support will be provided through the agency of this program,” Prime Minister Pavel Filip stated in the June 5 meeting of the Cabinet.
According to the authorities, the program will ensure the population’s access to advanced electronic services, will increase the efficiency of public administration and will facilitate interaction between the government-industry and civil society. The discrepancy between the rural areas and the urban ones will be reduced.
According to the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology, 49% of households now have access to broadband Internet in Moldova.
