A five-point action plan with concrete deadlines to roll out rural broadband throughout the EU was  launched by the European Commission on 21 November 2017. 

The plan includes actions to boost rural broadband investments through the set-up of national Broadband Competence Offices; a ‘rural proof test’; a common methodology for planning, reporting, and monitoring of investments; ‘broadband missions’ to rural areas with low levels of broadband coverage.