In the first quarter of 2025, Poland recorded a decrease in the number of places without access to fast internet, the so -called white spots, to the level 2.3 million, which means an improvement by 100,000 compared to the end of the previous year – informs the Ministry of Digitization.
The report prepared by the Ministry of Digitization and the Communications Institute reveals that Over 7.7 million address points in the country already have access to stationary broadband internet. Most of them are located in Mazovia, Lesser Poland and Silesia, while at least in Lubuskie, Opole and Warmian-Masurian.
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Masovian also leads to planning private investments in the development of broadband internet With almost 341 thousand address points covered by plans. Lower Silesia and Pomerania are still in, while The least such initiatives are expected in the Opole region, Lubuskie and Podlasie.
In April, the Fourth Competition in April under the National Reconstruction Plan, with a pool, launched the Fourth Competition in April in April. PLN 2.5 billion to support the construction of broadband networks in the “white spots” areas.
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The definition of broadband Internet involves a capacity of at least 300 Mb/s, and “white spots” are areas where it is not possible to provide services with a minimum bandwidth of 30 Mb/s or 100 Mb/SW of the case of educational institutions.
There are still many places in the world where access to the Internet is limited or completely unavailable. According to data from the International Telecommunications Association (ITU), at the end of 2023, about 2.6 billion people – i.e. about 1/3 of the world population – did not have access to the Internet. The greatest deficiencies occur in the poorest regions, especially in Sub -Saharan Africa, South Asia and some parts of Latin America. Problems arise, among others due to lack of infrastructure, high access costs and low levels of digital education.
