In August, the Federal Network Agency and the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) published the latest figures on broadband coverage in Germany for the fixed network and mobile communications in Germany. These are available to all citizens in the...
The potential analysis for gigabit expansion is an important building block for fiber optic expansion in Germany. In August, the database was expanded to include municipalities and districts of major cities. Previously, queries were only possible at state and district...
DIN 18220 comes into force on July 28. The full name of the standard is “DIN 18220:2023-08. Trenching, milling and ploughing methods for laying empty conduit infrastructures and fiber optic cables for telecommunications networks” and describes in detail...
In order to enable the expansion of fiber optic networks throughout Germany, the players involved have a variety of installation methods at their disposal. The methods must be selected according to topological characteristics and special project requirements. Each...
A year ago, Volker Wissing presented the German government’s gigabit strategy. Much has been achieved since then and, since the beginning of July, the promise to enable an evaluation of the dual fiber optic expansion projects has been kept. In the digital...
With the publication of the directive “Funding to support the gigabit expansion of telecommunications networks in the Federal Republic of Germany”, the so-called Gigabit Directive 2.0, the subsidized fiber optic expansion is getting a new boost. With the...
