Key messages

• Territorial patterns of broadband access and penetration are mainly dependent of national policies and infrastructure projects.
• Regions with higher broadband penetration are mostly located in the Nordic countries and the Netherlands.
• Capital regions show strong performance compared to other regions of the same country.
• South-Eastern regions in Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Cyprus and some parts of Spain show a rather consistent lag when compared to regions in North-West Europe.
• There is no linear relationship between broadband penetration and a region’s development stage.

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