Connecting Europe Broadband Fund: 135 000 communities in Croatia will get high speed broadband

The expected amount of the investment of this first project is € 30 million. This investment marks the inaugural project of the CEBF. The Fund was launched on the 27^th of June, 2018 with € 420 million at first closing, including € 100 millione from the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility. The fund will invest in high speed broadband infrastructure networks across underserved areas in Europe. This support will complement existing EU financial instruments for broadband development as well as other financing currently available on the market through private investors or private financial institutions. The Connecting Europe Broadband Fund is the first investment platform to support broadband infrastructure under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), which is the central pillar of the Investment Plan for Europe. The investment platform is open to the participation of private investors.

CEBF is managed by Cube Infrastructure and anchored by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, the German KfW Bankengruppe, the Italian Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and France’s Caisse des Dépôts et consignations. The Fund will invest in other projects to develop broadband in the 20-years of the Fund.