The Commission has selected 37 projects under the second call for proposals for the digital part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital) and agreed grant agreements with them. The total funding of €252 million will be made available in two areas: firstly, for projects to build 5G infrastructure for local communities and along key European transport corridors and, secondly, for the construction of submarine cables to improve the security and resilience of backbone networks within the EU.