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Soest district invests in the future – digital technology for business, residents and visitors
In May of this year, the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Soest received notification of the final amount of funding from the federal broadband funding program. On August 22, the broadband expansion began with a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony in...
Markt Hengersberg receives final funding decision of almost four million euros
On September 9, 2018, the Lower Bavarian municipality of Markt Hengersberg received its funding decision in the amount of 3.95 million euros for the expansion of broadband internet. Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, and Annette...
The municipality of Betzdorf-Gebhardshain becomes a digital village
Digitalization in Germany is not only advancing in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. Digital applications are also becoming established in rural areas in various areas such as mobility, energy, business and social participation. As an equivalent to smart cities, so-called...
Pristine nature and economic progress – broadband expansion in the district of Goslar
The federal government is subsidizing the infrastructure expansion project in the district of Goslar with almost 550,000 euros as part of the federal broadband funding programme. The work is due to be completed in spring 2019, connecting around 3,500 households, 260 companies, a school, a hospital and a further 34 administrative buildings in rural areas to the network. The high-performance broadband infrastructure will particularly benefit the companies located in the Bassgeige industrial estate, which are predominantly SMEs and provide work for over 5,000 people.
Invitation to the EPIC Workshop in Copenhagen
We would like to share our experiences and lessons learned with you at our workshop on September 19, 2018 in Copenhagen. Among other things, the workshop will provide insights into the opportunities and challenges of close cooperation between students and companies in an international context.
Apply for the 2018 European Broadband Awards! – Deadline 7 September
Are you (or have you been) involved in a project providing citizens with access to high-speed broadband internet? Apply for the 2018 European Broadband Awards! All successfully implemented or advanced projects, big or small, rural or urban, private or...
Full speed ahead: digitalization in the Hanseatic city of Rostock
By connecting to high-speed internet, entrepreneurs in the district of Rostock can advance the digitalization of their businesses. They receive help from the Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Rostock, which supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from all over Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with digitalization.
Minister of Justice Barley at the start of construction in the district of Trier-Saarburg
On August 23, the ground-breaking ceremony for the subsidized broadband expansion took place in the district of Trier-Saarburg (Rhineland-Palatinate). Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Katarina Barley, District Administrator Günther Schartz...
Lower Bavarian municipalities receive millions in funding for high-speed Internet
On August 20, Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, and Annette Schumacher, member of the management board of the project sponsor aconium, handed over funding decisions from the federal funding program for broadband expansion to...
District of Fulda – Broadband secures services of general interest in rural areas
The district of Fulda is a good example of how important the federal broadband funding program is for rural areas in particular. The distribution of inhabitants in the East Hessian region is very uneven. While half of the district's population lives in the densely...
A great day for Boxberg: Final ground-breaking ceremony in the Main-Tauber district
On June 5, 2018, District Administrator Reinhard Frank, the mayor of Boxberg, Christian Kremer, as well as other local politicians and the companies involved in the expansion met at the official ground-breaking ceremony for the construction work in the ninth and final...
Amt Hüttener Berge goes digital
Many cities and municipalities in Germany are gearing up for the digital transformation and developing specific digitalisation projects, for example in administration, transport or to support the local economy. Amt Hüttener Berge in the heart of Schleswig-Holstein has...