Poland’s fixed-broadband networks covered more than 8.06 million address points at the end of September 2026, but approximately 1.17 million remained outside reported coverage, according to new government figures highlighting both the expansion of digital infrastructure and the investment still needed to close connectivity gaps.
The quarterly report published by the Ministry of Digital Affairs on 15 October shows that fixed-internet availability increased by more than 166,000 address points during the third quarter.
At the same time, the number of locations lacking access to connections capable of delivering at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps) fell to 1.59 million, approximately 28% below the level recorded a year earlier.
The figures suggest continued opportunities for telecommunications operators, fibre-network developers and infrastructure investors, particularly in areas where commercial broadband coverage remains limited.
However, the statistics measure reported network availability at address points, not the number of households or businesses that have purchased an internet subscription.
More than 87% of identified addresses covered
The government’s latest report, Polska w zasięgu stacjonarnego dostępu do internetu, covers the position as of 30 September 2026.
It identifies 9,235,286 address points across Poland, of which 8,062,768 were within the reported coverage of fixed-broadband services.
The remaining 1,172,518 address points were outside reported coverage.
| Indicator | September 2026 |
|---|---|
| Total identified address points | 9,235,286 |
| Within fixed-broadband coverage | 8,062,768 |
| Outside reported coverage | 1,172,518 |
| Share within reported coverage | 87.3% |
| Share outside reported coverage | 12.7% |
The number of covered addresses increased by 166,395 compared with the end of June, when the ministry recorded 7,896,373 covered locations.
Meanwhile, addresses outside reported coverage fell by 129,990 over the same period.
In annual terms, the ministry reports an increase of more than 230,000 covered address points and a reduction of almost 191,000 outside coverage.
These changes reflect the evolving picture of network availability, although movements in the underlying address database and operator reporting mean they should not all be interpreted as newly constructed connections.
An address point can represent a residential building, apartment block, commercial property or another officially registered location.
Consequently, the 8.06 million figure does not mean that 8.06 million households subscribe to broadband services, nor does it establish the number of individual people connected.
Nearly 1.6 million locations still lack 100 Mbps broadband
A second measure in the report identifies so-called next-generation access, or NGA, white spots.
These are address points where services offering download speeds of at least 100 Mbps are not reported as available.
At the end of September, Poland had 1,589,538 such locations.
That compares with 1,770,964 at the end of June and 2,208,115 in September 2025.
The reduction of approximately 618,600 addresses over 12 months represents a decline of around 28%.
Importantly, this category differs from addresses without any reported fixed-broadband coverage.
Some locations have access to slower fixed-internet connections but cannot obtain a service meeting the 100 Mbps threshold.
The distinction is commercially significant.
For telecommunications businesses, upgrading an existing network to provide faster connections presents a different investment challenge from extending infrastructure to a location without any fixed-broadband service.
For companies considering premises in Poland, the availability of a basic internet connection also does not necessarily mean that suitable higher-speed services are available for more demanding business activities.
Fibre accounts for 85% of reported coverage entries
Fibre-optic infrastructure continues to dominate Poland’s reported broadband networks.
According to the government’s full third-quarter infrastructure report, fibre accounted for 85.02% of all reported network-coverage entries at the end of September.
That compares with 84.30% in June 2026 and 73.88% a year earlier.
Other technologies included copper-based cable networks and fixed wireless access, where internet services are delivered through radio links to a fixed location.
The 85.02% figure requires careful interpretation.
It measures the proportion of reported coverage records associated with fibre technology, not the proportion of Polish households with active fibre subscriptions.
The underlying report records approximately 51.87 million coverage entries because multiple operators, technologies or services can be reported for individual addresses.
In a separate measure of actual retail network reach, fibre is recorded as available at approximately 6.53 million address points.
The figures nevertheless show that fibre has become the dominant technology in Poland’s reported fixed-broadband infrastructure.
Higher-capacity networks are also increasingly common.
The ministry reports that more than half of covered address points have access to services offering speeds of 1 gigabit per second, while 21.49% are recorded in the 2 Gbps category.
Those speeds are based on reported service availability rather than independent measurements of customers’ actual internet performance.
Broadband gaps vary significantly between regions
The national coverage figures conceal substantial differences between Polish regions.
In the southern Silesian province, 868,213 of 907,243 identified address points were covered, equivalent to approximately 95.7%.
By contrast, in the northern Warmian-Masurian province, 189,333 of 273,349 address points were covered, leaving approximately 30.7% outside reported fixed-broadband coverage.
West Pomerania, in north-western Poland, had 248,461 covered address points out of 321,117, leaving approximately 22.6% without reported coverage.
The differences highlight why detailed local data matter to broadband investment decisions.
A region with strong overall coverage can still contain individual towns, villages or business premises that lack suitable services.
Equally, an area with a comparatively low coverage rate may contain commercially attractive locations for further network development, depending on construction costs, demand and existing infrastructure.
The government publishes separate reports for all 16 Polish provinces, allowing more detailed analysis at district and municipality level.
These datasets can help telecommunications providers and local authorities identify where additional investment might be needed.
They do not, by themselves, establish whether a particular network expansion would be commercially viable.
More than 1,900 telecommunications operators active
Poland’s broadband market includes a large number of telecommunications businesses.
The September report identifies 1,994 operators providing fixed-broadband services.
Of these, 1,316 provide retail services only, 100 operate exclusively at wholesale level, and 578 participate in both wholesale and retail markets.
Retail operators sell internet services directly to households and businesses.
Wholesale providers offer network access or infrastructure to other telecommunications companies, which can then market services to customers under their own brands.
The distinction matters because a location covered by wholesale infrastructure may still depend on a retail operator making a commercial service available.
The government’s report also distinguishes between actual network reach, wholesale-only coverage and theoretical coverage.
Of the 8.06 million addresses reported within fixed-broadband coverage, approximately 7.40 million were classified as having actual coverage, while around 290,000 had wholesale-only coverage and approximately 371,000 were classified as theoretical-only coverage.
Theoretical coverage can mean that additional connection work or checks are needed before a service can be supplied.
As a result, being included in the national coverage figures does not necessarily guarantee that a customer can immediately order and activate a specific broadband package.
Investment plans cover more than one million addresses
The report also provides evidence of continuing commercial interest in extending Poland’s broadband infrastructure.
Telecommunications businesses have reported privately funded investment plans covering approximately 1.22 million address-point entries, corresponding to around 1.14 million unique addresses.
Separately, publicly supported investment plans cover approximately 913,700 address points.
These figures indicate the scale of planned infrastructure activity, but they should not be added together or treated as guaranteed future connections.
Individual investment plans can overlap, and planned projects may concern locations that already have some form of broadband coverage.
The report also does not establish that every announced investment will be completed on its original timetable.
For network owners and construction businesses, the figures nevertheless demonstrate the continuing pipeline of potential projects.
Such investment can involve fibre installation, civil engineering, network equipment, local distribution infrastructure and connections to residential or commercial premises.
Operators assessing new areas must balance expected subscription revenue against the cost of reaching customers, which may be particularly challenging in sparsely populated locations.
EU-backed programmes target remaining broadband gaps
Public financing remains an important component of Poland’s broadband expansion.
The Ministry of Digital Affairs identifies two principal sources of European funding: the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, known in Poland as KPO, and the European Funds for Digital Development programme for 2021–2027, known as FERC.
According to the government report, more than €2 billion in support has been allocated through these programmes for broadband development.
The publicly supported projects are intended to help extend high-speed connectivity to areas where operators may find purely commercial investment difficult.
The ministry estimates that funded projects could give more than 1.6 million households the opportunity to obtain connections offering at least 300 Mbps.
That is a potential programme outcome rather than confirmation that all those households have already been connected.
Publicly funded schemes also have eligibility conditions, project obligations and implementation timetables.
For infrastructure contractors and equipment suppliers, the schemes represent a potential source of demand alongside privately financed network expansion.
For investors, the existence of subsidies does not remove the need to assess individual projects’ costs, delivery risks and long-term commercial prospects.
Businesses can check availability at individual addresses
The government maintains Internet.gov.pl, a public service allowing users to check reported fixed-broadband availability at specific addresses.
The platform draws on the System Informacyjny o Dostępie do Usług Stacjonarnego Internetu Szerokopasmowego, known as SIDUSIS.
The system collects information about broadband coverage and planned investments from telecommunications providers and other entities subject to reporting obligations.
Users can check which operators report services at a location and whether network expansion is planned.
They can also submit a request indicating demand for broadband or report information they believe is incorrect.
Since 18 May 2026, users have also been able to submit broadband-demand notifications through Poland’s mObywatel digital government application.
Between January 2023 and the end of September 2026, the government recorded 362,721 broadband-demand submissions and 14,793 requests to verify data through Internet.gov.pl.
These notifications can help identify unmet demand, although a request does not guarantee that an operator will build a network.
For businesses evaluating office, warehouse or industrial locations, address-level checks offer a more useful starting point than relying on national coverage averages alone.
Network expansion remains a significant investment market
Poland’s latest broadband figures point to continuing infrastructure expansion, particularly in faster fibre-based networks.
They also show that substantial work remains.
More than one million identified address points are outside reported fixed-broadband coverage, while almost 1.6 million lack access to the government’s 100 Mbps benchmark.
For telecommunications operators, these gaps represent possible areas for investment, although their commercial attractiveness will vary considerably.
For companies operating in Poland, the practical question is not simply whether broadband coverage exists nationally, but whether a particular business location can obtain a sufficiently fast and reliable connection.
The next quarterly government report, covering the position at the end of December 2026, will provide another opportunity to assess whether reported coverage continues to expand and how quickly the remaining gaps are narrowing.
