V. Next-generation broadband network development plan to 2020 I n a modern digital society, economic, as well as The Plan establishes strategic guidelines for co- overall development is directly linked to the high- financing the construction of broadband quality broadband infrastructure, which serves as infrastructure through public resources, especially in the basis for the development and use of the rural areas. The objective of the guidelines is, by Internet. 2020, to provide most households with broadband By co-financing, the Government of the Republic of internet access with at least 100Mb/s. Slovenia will provide inhabitants of rural areas with access to modern communication infrastructure and very fast internet access. This will also create conditions for the preservation of the countryside and for continuous balanced development of this kind of infrastructure in all regions of Slovenia. In light of less developed broadband infrastructure in Slovenian countryside (according to DESI 2016), the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the “Next-Generation Broadband Network Development Plan to 2020”. The objective of the Plan is to ensure equal standing of rural, urban and suburban population in Slovenia in this area. 9