Spain doles out rural 5G backhaul funds

The Spanish government has distributed €448 million between a group of telcos to help cover the cost of upgrading isolated 5G base stations with fibre backhaul.
As part of the EU’s overarching post-Covid economic recovery plan, Spain’s UNICO 5G Networks Fibre Backhaul programme – overseen by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (MINECO) – identified more than 8,000 sites deployed in locations with no more than 10,000 inhabitants that until now