The Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) Norbert Barthle handed over 34 funding decisions for funds from the billion-euro federal program for broadband expansion on Monday, 25.04.2017 in Berlin.
Municipalities and districts in structurally weak areas will receive up to 50,000 euros to fund planning services for the preparation of gigabit networks. In a second step, the BMVI will award up to 15 million euros per project to promote the implementation of expansion projects.
Federal Minister Dobrindt, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure:
“The federal program for super-fast broadband is a huge success. The great demand from local authorities continues unabated: we receive new applications for funding every day, which we decide on quickly and unbureaucratically. We are making all municipalities and districts an offer to take advantage of the federal program so that there are no more blank spots on the map by 2018. “
Since the start of the federal program on 18 November 2015, 1,579 applications for funding for consulting services from municipalities and districts throughout Germany have already been approved. The federal program provides districts and municipalities with network access of at least 50 Mbit per second.
Tim Brauckmüller, Managing Director of aconium GmbH:
“What is true for private households is even more true for companies. Many business applications sometimes require high bandwidths and demand high-performance infrastructures – especially in rural areas! This is precisely where broadband access infrastructure is needed in order to make the location competitive and attractive for companies and families. “
Photo: The Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) Norbert Barthle on Monday, 25.04.2017 in Berlin at the presentation of the funding decisions.