Digital Divide Country Profile · Europe

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Monaco

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

Location in the world

Monaco

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Europe

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Population (2024)
38,631
Total area
2 km²
Area in square miles
0.77 mi²
Coastline
4.1 km
Base map adapted from Wikimedia Commons. Population: World Bank (2024); geography: CIA World Factbook.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Monaco in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure, Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure, Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure, Fiber/Fiber Optic, Wi-Fi 6. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

  1. Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure5
  2. Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure5
  3. Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure1

Specific technologies

  1. Fiber/Fiber Optic5
  2. Wi-Fi 63
  3. FTTH2
  4. 5G1
  5. FTTB1

Intervention classification

  1. Neither explicitly identified9
  2. Infrastructure and Specific Technology6

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

2 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 1 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

15 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

01

Digital trust and online safety

2025 Digital Law modernization package

Enacted July 2025 · Principality
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Status / periodEnacted July 2025LocationPrincipalityPopulationInternet users and online-service providersOrganizationsPrince's Government; legislature

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Updated digital rules; online safety/consumer protections; platform obligations

02

Broadband deployment / adoption

Dedicated FTTO Connectivity Service

2021–ongoing · Nationwide
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Status / period2021–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationResidents and businessesOrganizationsMonaco Telecom; Principality of Monaco

Provides symmetrical guaranteed dedicated fiber for organizations requiring reliable high-capacity connectivity.

Activities and approach: FTTO; 10 Gbps; resilient business links

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic
03

5G meaningful use

Extended Monaco 5G-enabled smart-city applications

Operational / expanding · Principality
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Status / periodOperational / expandingLocationPrincipalityPopulationResidents, commuters and public servicesOrganizationsPrince's Government; Monaco Telecom

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: 5G-enabled mobility, energy, health and smart-city applications

Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure5G
04

Digital government

Extended Monaco administration modernization programme

Ongoing · Principality
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Status / periodOngoingLocationPrincipalityPopulationResidents, businesses and public administrationOrganizationsPrince's Government

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Modernization of administration and public digital services

05

SME digital transformation

Extended Monaco for Business – digital maturity self-assessment

Operational / 2024-2026 · Principality businesses
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Status / periodOperational / 2024-2026LocationPrincipality businessesPopulationTPE/SMEs and organisationsOrganizationsPrince's Government; DSN

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Online digital-maturity diagnostic

06

Digital awareness and business skills

Extended Monaco for Business – digital-economy events

Operational / 2024-2026 · Principality
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Status / periodOperational / 2024-2026LocationPrincipalityPopulationBusinesses and entrepreneursOrganizationsPrince's Government; DSN

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Events and awareness activities on digital transformation

07

SME digital adoption support

Extended Monaco for Business – digital-provider directory

Operational / 2024-2026 · Principality businesses
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Status / periodOperational / 2024-2026LocationPrincipality businessesPopulationTPE/SMEs seeking implementation helpOrganizationsPrince's Government; DSN

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Directory matching businesses with relevant digital professionals

08

SME affordability / digital adoption

Extended Monaco for Business – financial support for digital transition

Operational / 2024-2026 · Principality businesses
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Status / periodOperational / 2024-2026LocationPrincipality businessesPopulationTPE/SMEsOrganizationsPrince's Government

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Financial support for digital transformation investments

09

SME digital skills

Extended Monaco for Business – tailored digital training

Operational / 2024-2026 · Principality businesses
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Status / periodOperational / 2024-2026LocationPrincipality businessesPopulationTPE/SMEs and staffOrganizationsPrince's Government; DSN

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Training recommendations adapted to business needs

10

Broadband deployment / adoption

Fiber Pro Nationwide Business Rollout

2021–ongoing · Nationwide
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Status / period2021–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationResidents and businessesOrganizationsMonaco Telecom; Principality of Monaco

Extends high-speed fiber packages to businesses to support broad participation in the digital economy.

Activities and approach: Business FTTH/FTTB; Wi-Fi 6; 10 Gbps

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access InfrastructureWi-Fi 6FTTH
11

Online safety and inclusion

ISP-provided no-cost parental/access-control tools requirement

Enacted 2025 · Principality
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Status / periodEnacted 2025LocationPrincipalityPopulationFamilies and vulnerable internet usersOrganizationsISPs; Prince's Government

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Mandatory information and at least one access-restriction/filtering tool without extra charge

12

Broadband deployment / adoption

Nationwide 10 Gbps Residential Fiber Rollout

2021–ongoing · Nationwide
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Status / period2021–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationResidents and businessesOrganizationsMonaco Telecom; Principality of Monaco

Expanded FTTH so residents across Monaco could access ultra-high-speed fiber, targeting complete eligibility.

Activities and approach: FTTH; Wi-Fi 6; up to 10 Gbps

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access InfrastructureWi-Fi 6FTTH
13

Broadband deployment / adoption

Preferential Fiber Pricing for Monegasques and Enfants du Pays

2021–ongoing · Nationwide
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Status / period2021–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationResidents and businessesOrganizationsMonaco Telecom; Principality of Monaco

Uses special tariffs to make the new fiber network more affordable to eligible residents.

Activities and approach: Affordability discounts; fiber adoption

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic
14

Digital literacy and wellbeing

Rendez-vous du Numérique public digital-awareness conference series

Launched April 2026 · Principality
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Status / periodLaunched April 2026LocationPrincipalityPopulationGeneral publicOrganizationsDITN; DSN

Closes a documented access, affordability, skills, institutional-capacity, or meaningful-use gap.

Activities and approach: Public conferences on social networks, digital addiction and digital issues

15

Broadband deployment / adoption

Smart Wi-Fi Whole-Premises Fiber Access

2021–ongoing · Nationwide
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Status / period2021–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationResidents and businessesOrganizationsMonaco Telecom; Principality of Monaco

Pairs fiber service with Wi-Fi 6/mesh coverage to improve usable connectivity within homes and businesses.

Activities and approach: Wi-Fi 6; mesh access points; fiber gateways

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access InfrastructureWi-Fi 6Fiber/Fiber Optic

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

  1. Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Monaco. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/monaco/
  2. International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
  3. World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Monaco. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=MC
  4. World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Monaco. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=MC

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