ConnectEU-State-of-Digital-Communications-2026.md

The State of Digital Communications 2026 report (Connect Europe / Analysys Mason) provides a comprehensive market and policy assessment of Europe’s digital communications sector: it values the ecosystem, details FTTH and gigabit-capable and 5G coverage and adoption gaps versus peers, documents a modest decline in telco capex and fragmentation of markets, quantifies spectrum and FTTH funding needs to meet 2030 targets, and highlights operator investment into data centres, edge, cloud and AI infrastructure. The report also examines sustainability efforts (energy, emissions, decommissioning legacy networks), resilience and cybersecurity preparedness (NIS2, DORA, submarine cable security, post-quantum planning), Open RAN and 5G Standalone rollout, and opportunities and obstacles for European operators to scale — but it does not report any specific cyber incident, malware, compromise, indicators of compromise, or exploit activity.