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Construction of digital roads, introduction of high-speed Internet make state economically stronger

Blace, 11 April 2023

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Minister of Information and Telecommunications Mihailo Jovanovic today visited the village of Gornje Svarce near Blace, on the occasion of the completion of works in that place, as part of the Broadband Telecommunication Infrastructure Construction Project in the Rural Areas of the Republic of Serbia.

Brnabic pointed out that this project is the most important for our youngest citizens, in order to provide them with all the conditions for living and working in the places where they were born.

She emphasised that, according to the analyses of the World Bank, the importance of building digital roads and the introduction of high-speed Internet can be clearly seen, because it directly affects the economic strength of a country, as well as GDP growth.

The village of Gornje Svarce near Blace is the third place where we saw the progress of one of the most important digitisation projects in the Republic of Serbia that we are implementing, Brnabic pointed out.

Owing to the building of optical and telecommunication infrastructure, the inhabitants of this village get access to high-speed Internet with a flow rate of over 100 Mb/s.

So far, 75 percent of the country's territory has been covered by high-speed Internet, while the implementation of this project is expected to provide 99 percent of villages in Serbia with high-speed internet by the end of 2025.

Jovanovic noted that the introduction of the Internet in villages is important due to the availability of electronic administration services, digitisation of the education system and enabling digital teaching and digital content even in the smallest, satellite classes of elementary schools.

The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications has made a plan to introduce high-speed Internet in more than 700 villages by the end of 2025, to build more than 4,700 kilometres of roads for this purpose and to connect more than 120,000 households and about 720 school facilities.

Financing of this project with €120 million has been provided by the state, while the connection of households is carried out by telecommunication operators.