The gigabit year 2022 – another big step into the digital future

The gigabit year 2022 – another big step into the digital future

1.02.2023

The goal is clear: by 2030 there should be fiber optic connections to the home nationwide. There is still a long way to go. But by 2022, Germany will have made several thousand kilometers of progress. We take a look back. When Olaf Scholz gave the New Year’s...
Open Access can put an end to unnecessary superstructures

Open Access can put an end to unnecessary superstructures

24.01.2023

It is one of the outstanding decisions on fiber optic expansion that is dividing opinion. Should the state mandate open access or allow competition in the infrastructure to intensify? There are numerous competing companies when it comes to fiber optic expansion. It is...
Robots lay fiber optics in the sewer

Robots lay fiber optics in the sewer

4.01.2023

An employee prepares the robot for use. Between 100 and 250 meters of fibre optic cable can be laid in this way per day. (Source: Fast Opti-com) Laying fiber optic cables in sewage pipes using robots is one of the alternative installation methods. These offer many...
Study shows: Broadband funding is actively used

Study shows: Broadband funding is actively used

2.01.2023

A study by the auditing and consulting network Ernst & Young (EY) comes to the conclusion that most broadband coordination offices want to continue to actively use funding and rely on previously used funding models.In the study “Insights into German...
Gigabit land register published – all data in one place

Gigabit land register published – all data in one place

16.12.2022

The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs and the Federal Network Agency have created a central register for mobile and fiber optic expansion, the gigabit land register. All important information on telecommunications infrastructures in Germany can now be...