PRESS RELEASE: CTU launched a subsidy call on repeaters in trains

Prague, 30 April 2024 – Today, CTU launched a subsidy call „Technical devices for 5G in railway coaches“ which shall help to improve the availability and quality of mobile services inside railway coaches. The subsidy call is carried out within the framework of the National Recovery Plan in close cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The aim of the call is to equip passenger railway coaches operating mainly on TEN-T railway corridors with repeaters or permeable windows for 5G mobile signal coverage. Passengers in railway coaches will therefore benefit most from this call, which will give them high quality and, where possible, uninterrupted access to voice and data services via mobile phone inside the railway coaches.

The date of the call is also the date of the start of the receipt of applications for subsidies, while the receipt of applications will close on 31 August 2024. All subsidised projects must be implemented by the end of 2025. The amount of the call is CZK 300 million, excluding VAT.

Further information on the forthcoming call, including its consolidated wording and all its annexes, is published here: https://ctu.gov.cz/en/national-recovery-plan 

Tereza Meravá
Spokesperson
Czech Telecommunication Office