Telecoms & Satellite Communications Guide Cyprus

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Telecoms & Satellite Communication
mation and industrial digital adoption, address the ongoing depopulation and
increase the business attractiveness of rural areas, create new employment opportunities
and address environmental considerations. To further stimulate demand
and supply, the government is implementing different measures under our new
National Broadband Plan, aimed at increasing coverage and take-up in both fixed
and mobile ultra-fast networks, facilitating private investments and advancing
public interventions in areas beyond the interest of private investors.
Fully utilising EU funding tools such as the Connecting Europe Facility and
the Resilience and Recovery Fund can be instrumental in our journey towards
a gigabit society. In specific, via our
national RRP, we have included investments
of around €60 million to
expand very high-capacity networks in
underserved areas – to every city and
village where such networks do not
exist – enhance building cabling and
encourage take up of end users, as well
as develop a new submarine cable to
connect Cyprus with Greece, offering
significantly higher performance and
capacity and ensuring increased levels
of security and resilience for the entire
telecommunications infrastructure of
the island.
To further strengthen our digital connectivity and capitalising on a strong geostrategic
location, we also place great emphasis on satellite communications, an
indispensable part of most telecommunications networks of today. Cyprus has
developed a simple, flexible, and competitive licensing model which successfully
allowed it to issue eight authorisations resulting in three satellites in operation,
while also hosting two highly equipped, state-of-the-art satellite ground stations,
operated and maintained by experienced, renowned companies.
Attracting considerable investment, Cyprus has created a growing satellite
network, which has also spurred academic interest, resulting in the establishment
of Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence, engaged in Earth Observation, space technology
and geospatial information research. Cyprus wants and can be part of the
space revolution, forming synergies at regional and international level, and capitalising
on a strong collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), which
will soon lead to our upcoming accession to the ESA Convention as an Associate
Member.
We need to stay ahead of developments. As more people and things connect,
greater demand will continue to be placed on the accessibility, speed, reliability and
safety of all communication networks. I am confident that our broadband market
will continue to develop steadily, allowing us to fully reap the many benefits of
digital transformation, while establishing Cyprus as a prominent telecommunications
hub in the Mediterranean region, as well as an attractive base for international
data centres and telecom recovery services.
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Cyprus has developed a simple,
flexible, and competitive
licensing model which
successfully allowed it to
issue eight authorisations
resulting in three satellites in
operation, while also hosting
two highly equipped, stateof-the-art
satellite ground
stations, operated and
maintained by experienced,
renowned companies.