The European Commission and a consortium led by Telefónica, comprising more than 70 European entities, unveiled EURO-3C. It is the first pan-European sovereign infrastructure integrating Telco, Edge, Cloud, and AI capabilities under a federated, open, and secure model, designed to accelerate Europe's digital and industrial transformation.
This € 75 million project is funded by the EC's Horizon Europe program. EURO-3C is aligned with the priorities of the European Union's Digital Decade Policy Program 2030, which places secure and sustainable digital infrastructures as one of its strategic pillars. It deploys a federated multi-telco and multi-vendor infrastructure in production environments, with more than 70 Edge and Cloud nodes distributed in more than 13 European countries.
This network makes it possible to offer advanced digital services with high standards of performance, interoperability, and security, responding to critical needs in the automotive, transport, energy, and public safety sectors, among others. EURO-3C also integrates advanced AI-enabled orchestration capabilities and interoperable services, ensuring a resilient, efficient infrastructure that is ready to take on the challenges of the next decade.
“The European Commission strongly promotes secure digital communication infrastructures made in Europe, aiming to make the most of telco-edge-cloud convergence, with and for AI. The EU-funded project EURO-3C announced today federates the efforts of a very large number of European players around a common goal: to build a secure and sovereign convergent communications landscape, for the benefit of industrial sectors supplying and using technology, and for society at large,” said Renate Nikolay, Deputy Director General at the European Commission.
“The European Union has made technological sovereignty and industrial competitiveness a priority. Achieving this requires not only advanced digital infrastructures but also strong collaboration across sectors and countries. And the telecommunications sector is a key player in this effort. This is precisely what EURO 3C aims to deliver a European-scale cooperative computing network that brings together telco capabilities, connectivity, Edge, and Cloud, all enhanced with AI. It is a shared effort to reinforce Europe’s industrial leadership and lay the foundations for true digital sovereignty,” said Juan Montero, Director of Public Policy, Competition, and Regulation at Telefónica.
With his transition from Hrvatski Telekom to Deutsche Telekom, Boris Drilo has taken on a broader European perspective at a time when the industry is entering a new technological phase.
The European Commission and a consortium led by Telefónica, comprising more than 70 European entities, unveiled EURO-3C.
Infobip has partnered with Vero, one of Brazil’s largest telecommunications companies, to strengthen customer engagement for the Internet Service Provider.
