The European Digital Connectivity Awards, organized by the European Commission, aim to recognize projects that implement modern, high-performance digital infrastructure, including initiatives that reduce the digital divide within the EU and across borders.
“The European Digital Connectivity Award is a great honor for us and confirmation of how effectively we are responding to the challenges of today’s digital transformation and network integration between EU countries and neighboring countries,” said Marcin Palkowski, Director of the Technology and Network Management at Netia.
“By implementing this project, we have not only significantly increased the bandwidth of connections between Ukraine and the EU, but also strengthened security and facilitated access to global cloud services. We are proud to be able to co-create an infrastructure that knows no borders,” added Marcin Palkowski.

As part of the East West Gate project, a DWDM backbone ring in ASON architecture with service security functions was created between Ukraine, Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Thanks to the use of GMPLS architecture, the network has the ability to automatically restore (switch traffic) in the event of a failure. The value of the project which Netia implemented between March 2024 and August this year is approximately EUR 9 million, half of which is financed under the CEF Digital (Connecting Europe Facility) program.

For more information about the East West Gate project, visit: EWG - EAST WEST GATE