The General Secretariat of Telecommunications and Post is implementing the program for the coverage of the so-called "White Areas," which are border and remote regions lacking access to television broadcasting. The objective of the program is to ensure that all permanent residents of these areas have equal access to Greek national television channels, thereby strengthening social cohesion and reducing inequalities in access to information and entertainment.
This intervention constitutes a critical step toward eliminating digital exclusion and ensuring that no citizen is left outside the national information framework. Through the program, thousands of settlements and tens of thousands of households across the country have already been covered, while the development of new infrastructure continues in order to achieve complete coverage of the remaining areas.
The action is being implemented by the General Secretariat of Telecommunications and Post in collaboration with the competent supervised entities, within the framework of the strategy for digital equality and the enhancement of access to basic communication services.
With the aim of ensuring that no area of the country remains without a television signal, the Ministry of Digital Governance is conducting a competitive procurement procedure for the "Supply, installation, and operation of Complementary Coverage Stations (CCS) for the distribution of television signal in White Areas, through terrestrial digital broadcasting technology." The project implementation includes the installation and operation of 54 Complementary Coverage Stations (CCS) in critical areas of the country, specifically in the Regions of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Northern Aegean, and Southern Aegean, thus ensuring universal access to television information and entertainment for all citizens.