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Key projects of the Brandenburg regional development strategy
Photo: Steffen Lehmann / TMB photo archive In the REGIONALE dialog process, twelve key projects for combining regional strengths were developed in November 2022 and confirmed by the confirmed by the Brandenburg state government. This marks an important milestone in...
Open Access can put an end to unnecessary superstructures
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...
A tailwind for the mobility turnaround – Hamburg metropolitan region highlights sustainable transport concepts for northern Germany
Innovative and sustainable concepts to improve mobility for everyone and achieve the jointly set climate protection goals - these were two of the main topics that the 400 or so participants at this year's regional conference of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region on...
Sofortprogramm Perspektive Innenstadt: individual project “My bike in Osterholz-Scharmbeck”
Lower Saxony is supporting cities and municipalities in dealing with the consequences of the pandemic in city centers. The Sofortprogramm Perspektive Innenstadt ("City Centre Perspective!") comprised 120 million euros from the EU recovery aid REACT EU (Recovery...
Workshop shows ways to activate rural areas
How can the challenges of rural areas be overcome with the active participation of local citizens and which strategies are particularly promising? To answer these questions, the German Foundation for Engagement and Volunteering (DSEE) and the German Networking Agency...
Model project “Live (and revive) the inner city!”: Final spurt in the small town academy pilot phase
Photo: Henrik Nürnberger/ aconium GmbH New formats for dialogue between citizens and city administrations as well as the design of multifunctional meeting places in small town centers - these are two focal points of the pilot project "Innenstadt (be)leben!". The...
DIN draft for alternative installation technology published
Another major step has been taken towards faster and cheaper fibre optic expansion: the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) approved the draft of DIN standard 18220 in November. This standardizes so-called minimally invasive installation methods and provides...
Robots lay fiber optics in the sewer
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
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 broadband...
Gigabit land register published – all data in one place
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...
Final meeting of the “Futures by Design” project partnership in Den Bosch
On December 12, 2022, the partners in the Interreg NorthSea Region project Futures by Design came together for the last time in the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) to review the project's successes over the past four years and to coordinate the...
aconium turns 15 – reason to celebrate
December 13, 2022: On this date 15 years ago, aconium was founded by our Managing Director Tim Brauckmüller. Since then, we have grown beyond ourselves, gained reliable partners and launched many successful projects with them, including projects to promote municipal...