As of 2021, there were no operational 5G corridors in Europe. However, large-scale trials for testing, demonstration, and validation purposes have been conducted at different locations across Europe, with the support of European and national/local public funding.

As such, inception studies will be funded under this call in order to prepare the actual deployment work of the first big wave of deployment to be launched after the conclusion of the studies; the relevant call is currently planned for 2023. One study for several deployment projects for the same or different calls, e.g. combined by region, are encouraged. These inception studies should include detailed network planning, which should provide a basis for the deployment plan, concrete deliverables in t