Skip to main content
LIST Project TemplateLIST Project Template

Press

Press releases and media articles featuring COMMECT and its Living Labs. These pieces highlight how the project’s partners are enhancing digital connectivity, sustainability and innovation across Europe’s rural regions.

Press & media articles

  • LIST leads project digitalising rural areas across Europe and beyond
    Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) / MERKUR Chamber of Commerce magazine – September 2022.
    Announces the start of COMMECT and outlines how the project connects remote areas through hybrid satellite–5G solutions and five Living Labs.
    Read article →
  • Luxinnovation – Bridging the digital divide
    Luxinnovation – November 2022.
    Explains how LIST secured Horizon Europe funding for COMMECT and built an international consortium to extend digital connectivity to rural regions.
    Read article →
  • SeAMK on mukana kahdessa EU-tasoisessa ruokasektorin Horisontti-hankkeessa
    Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (Finland) – 2023.
    Finnish press item highlighting SeAMK’s participation in COMMECT and its research on life-cycle assessment and environmental impact of rural connectivity solutions.
    Read article →
  • Skogbruket skal digitaliseres
    Telecom Revy (Norway) – November 2023.
    Coverage of the Connected Forestry Living Lab, showing how Telenor, Klosser Innovation and INN apply 5G and IoT to improve safety and productivity in forest operations.
    Read article →
  • Transportbranchen skal hjælpe med god netforbindelse i landdistrikter og fjerntliggende områder
    Padborg Transportcenter (Denmark) – September 2023.
    Describes the Danish Living Lab pilot on livestock transport, demonstrating multi-connectivity (5G + satellite) and biosecurity monitoring across borders.
    Read article →
  • LIST project COMMECT enhances connectivity in rural areas
    Chronicle.lu – October 2025.
    Reports on the final results from the Luxembourg Living Lab and how hybrid connectivity, digital twins and decision-support tools help winegrowers adapt to climate change.
    Read article →
  • Delivering connectivity and AI-driven solutions to rural regions across and outside Europe
    LIST News – October 2025.
    Final press note summarising COMMECT’s achievements, including the AI-powered Decision Support Tool (DST) and the project’s broader impact on rural digitalisation.
    Read article →
  • COMMECT Projesi Genel Kurul Toplantısı ve Etkinliği Düzenlendi
    Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry – Olive Research Institute (ZAE) – July 2025.
    Press release summarising COMMECT’s final stakeholder event in İzmir, with on-farm demonstrations of IoT sensors, solar gateways and the DST for olive growers.
    Read article →
  • The European Cloud, Edge and IoT Continuum – Market Pathways for Cloud-Edge-IoT in Agriculture, Energy, Manufacturing and Mobility
    UNLOCK-CEI / European Commission – 2024.
    White-paper press release including COMMECT’s contributions on rural connectivity and digital agriculture use cases.
    Open on Zenodo →
  • EU project creates synergies
    Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – October 2024.
    Highlights COMMECT’s participation at Synergy Days 2024 and collaboration with other EU projects on digital transformation in rural sectors.
    Read article →
  • COMMECT avslutning – digital infrastruktur for landsbygda
    CREDS / Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – November 2025.
    Norwegian-language feature summarising COMMECT’s closing activities, Living Lab results, socio-economic impacts and demonstrations of the Decision Support Tool.
    Les saken →
  • DunavNET – Final Chapter of the COMMECT Project
    DunavNET – 2025.
    Story from the Serbian partner on the final stakeholder event in Türkiye, showcasing IoT devices in the field, solar-powered connectivity and the COMMECT Decision Support Tool in action.
    Read article →
  • Aktivitäten aus COMMECT – Digitale Brücken für ländliche Räume
    Alcovit agricultural newspaper (Luxembourg) – Print edition 2024.
    Coverage of the Luxembourg Living Lab, drones and IoT for viticulture. Not available online.

Innovation Radar