22/10/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 22 October, the European Commission opened a fourth series of calls for proposals worth a total of €323 million under the digital strand of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital) programme. These new calls aim to accelerate the deployment of cutting-edge technology infrastructures to contribute to the development of European connectivity, 5G networks and quantum communication. €128 million will be used to fund initiatives to support the deployment of essential connections, mainly via submarine and terrestrial cables. €105 million will go towards large-scale 5G deployment projects and €90 million to improve cross-border interconnection of national quantum communication infrastructure networks. These calls for proposals are open until 13 February 2025. For more information: https://aeur.eu/f/dzm (IS)