European Commission Digital Decade 2026 country report: Italy

The European Commission published the Digital Decade 2026 country report for Italy (SWD(2026) 155 annex).

• Main announcement: The Commission’s report assesses Italy’s digital progress and lists concrete funding and legislative measures, including EUR 49.8 billion allocated to digital in Italy’s RRP and the transposition of the EU AI Act into national law as Law n. 132/2025 (backed by EUR 1 billion to support AI start-ups and SMEs). It quantifies infrastructure and capability metrics such as FTTP coverage 77.56% (total household) and rural FTTP 44.48%, Edge nodes: 674 (2025), and details semiconductor investments (e.g. EUR 3.2 billion Silicon Box project; EUR 3.3 billion Semiconductors Fund reinforced by EUR 1 billion until 2038).
• Background and implementation details: The report summarises ongoing and planned actions, their budgets and timelines, and implementation status: Piano Italia a 1 Giga: EUR 2.985 billion (targeting gigabit connectivity by 2026) complemented by EUR 733 million from the Connectivity Fund; mapping of non-connectable addresses by Infratel Italia (707,092 addresses mapped, updated to ~385,000 after 2025 exercise) with further 1.3 million addresses expected to remain underserved by 2028. Key dates/timelines: spectrum licences expire end-2029; a 26 GHz lower-band tender expected in 2026; mapping exercise updated mid-2026.