Støtteordning for bredbåndsutbygging i Troms fylkeskommune - 2024 og 2025

Troms fylkeskommune administers the grant scheme for broadband development ("Tilskudd til bredbåndsutbygging") on its own page under Tilskudd, stipend og priser → Næringsutvikling. The scheme channels the Norwegian state's annual broadband appropriation to areas that lack a commercially viable broadband offer. Funding is allocated to the county and then awarded by the county to applicants.

Eligibility is restricted to municipalities. The funder's page states: "Bare kommuner kan søke fylkeskommunen om støtte." ("Only municipalities can apply to the county council for support.") Projects must conform to the scheme's funding model: "prosjektene må være i tråd med tilskuddsmodellen" ("the projects must be in accordance with the funding model").

On the appropriation, the page states: "Stortinget har for 2026 bevilget 159 110 000 kroner til etablering av bredbåndstilbud i områder som ikke er kommersielt grunnlag for investering." ("For 2026 the Storting has appropriated 159,110,000 kroner for establishing broadband provision in areas where there is no commercial basis for investment.") Of this national appropriation, the county's allocation is stated as: "Rammen for Troms er kr 9 122 819 pluss tilbakeførte midler fra tidligere år." ("The allocation for Troms is NOK 9,122,819 plus funds returned from previous years.")

The application deadline is stated as: "Søknadsfrist er 1. juli 2026." ("Application deadline is 1 July 2026.") Applications are submitted through the regional management portal: "Søknad sendes via regionalforvaltning.no" ("Applications are submitted via regionalforvaltning.no"), reachable through the linked ordning (Ordning Id=4499) on regionalforvaltning.no.

The funded build-out targets locations without an existing offer of 300 Mbit/s; the page describes the required service standard as a minimum of 1 Gbit/s download speed and 150 Mbit/s upload speed for the projects. The support is treated as state aid: "Støtten er å anse som statsstøtte" ("The support is to be regarded as state aid"), in line with the scheme that the Digitaliserings- og forvaltningsdepartementet notified, and following the EU General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) framework for broadband infrastructure.

The named contact on the funder's page is Kjetil Helstad, Spesialrådgiver (Special Adviser).

Note: this catalogue entry was registered in the state-aid register as the "2024 og 2025" tranche (stoettetiltaksnummer 1000000505, registered validity 2024-02-01 to 2026-12-31). The figures and deadline transcribed above are those printed on Troms fylkeskommune's own broadband-grant page at the time of this pass and reflect the scheme's current (2026) cycle, which is administered on the same recurring page.