Lithuania’s Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) is undertaking a survey of the geographic scope of broadband networks in the country.
In a statement, it says it began in May and is due to be completed in December. According to Marijus Balnys, chief advisor of the RRT’s electronic communications regulatory group, “RRT constantly conducts various market researches, network coverage assessments, and measures connection speed. However, this broadband coverage assessment study is the first of its kind. We chose a methodology that would allow us to implement the research objectives. Interested persons can familiarise themselves with the objectives of the study, the principles, the nature of the information collected in advance, and find out what can be expected from this study”.
The aggregated assessment of network coverage will be available to the public, businesses and decision-makers. This is to maximise the satisfaction of the growing interests of electronic communications users. After the study is completed, the network coverage maps will be publicly available on the RRT website.
Balnys added: “Through our research, we aim to determine the extent of existing electronic communications networks that can support broadband services, including high-bandwidth networks.” Another goal of ours is to clearly define the areas of the territory of Lithuania where there are no electronic communication networks and there are no plans to install them in the next 3 years, which could provide electronic communication services with an incoming connection speed of at least 100 Mbps”.
According to Balnis, this information will be able to be used by state and municipal institutions when making decisions on allocating funds for the creation or renewal of electronic communication networks, in the preparation of national plans for the development of broadband networks.
