From today, November 18, 2024, those interested can apply for the “Gigabit Voucher” at gigabit-voucher.gov.gr, in order to obtain a super-high-speed connection. It is an important action implemented in the context of the cooperation of the Minister of Digital Governance, Dimitris Papastergiou and the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance, Nikos Papathanasis, and enables more than 379 thousand households and small and medium-sized businesses to acquire speed connections of at least 250 MBps .

“Gigabit Voucher” is a development project total budget mark of 80 million euro (including VAT) and is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Fund with resources of 23 million. euros and from the Public Investment Program with more than 57 million. euro.

In conjunction with the Program “Smart Readiness Vouchers” for the installation of optical fiber in 120,000 buildings, the aim is to strengthen broadband throughout the country and improve Greece’s position in the international ranking, as reflected in the European Commission’s annual report on the “Digital Decade”.

Beneficiaries will receive, without income criteria a voucher worth 200 euros to cover part of the cost of acquiring a Gigabit service (at least 250 GBPs) and more specifically the cost corresponding to the initial connection, as well as the monthly price for the first 24 months of the subscription.

These are households and small- and medium-sized businesses that do not already have a broadband connection with a nominal download speed of more than 100 Mbps and reside or have their head office / branch respectively in the Program intervention areas. The grant is given only once to each beneficiary, while they may not be supported by any other source, national or European.

More specifically, to issue and redeem the “Gigabit Voucher» interested parties:

  • They check the map on the Program website to find out if they can get Gigabit services based on their home or business address. They type in the address to find out if they are covered by the providers’ networks in order to apply.
  • They select ‘Submit Application’ and log in with their Taxisnet codes to start the submission process.
  • Next, they state whether they are interested in receiving a voucher for an existing or new connection. They then fill in the additional information required and finally accept the terms and conditions of the Program to complete the voucher issuance process.
  • Those interested receive the voucher to their email address, as well as by SMS to the phone number they have indicated in their application.
  • They then contact the provider from whom they wish to receive the Gigabit service, quoting the voucher number they issued.

It is pointed out that the providers will post their offered services informatively on the Program platform and must meet the following conditions:

  • Have either a download speed greater than or equal to 250 Mbps or a symmetrical speed greater than or equal to 100 Mbps. The above minimum speeds should be available to the beneficiaries during peak hours.
  • To include the terminal equipment of the end user (modem / router) necessary for its operation.
  • To provide a discount at least equal to the amount of the Voucher in relation to the corresponding programs (with the same speed characteristics and included by-products) that were offered during the period before the announcement of the Program.

It is recalled that the availability of Gigabit Connectivity Vouchers will take place in four phases, which are related to building connections through the “Smart Readiness” Program. The first phase will be completed with the release of 200,000 Gigabit connectivity tokens, during which 60,000 Smart Readiness building connections must be completed.

The “Gigabit Voucher” Program is implemented by the Information Society (KtP M.A.E.), a body of the Ministry of Digital Governance.