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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...
Emsdetten invests in the digital future
Many districts and municipalities are already benefiting from the federal broadband funding program worth billions. The North Rhine-Westphalian town of Emsdetten in the district of Steinfurt is one of them. After successfully applying for federal funding for broadband...
Federal broadband funding program: launch of the sixth call for infrastructure projects
On October 22, 2015, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) issued the directive "Funding to support broadband expansion in the Federal Republic of Germany" (funding directive). The amendment to the guideline came into force on 03.07.2018....
“A real showcase project and a blessing for the region” – broadband expansion increases the attractiveness of Zimmern ob Rottweil as a location
The Baden-Württemberg municipality of Zimmern ob Rottweil is doing well. The population is growing, new commercial and industrial settlements have created jobs - this idyllic region on the edge of the Black Forest has been successfully defying the current demographic...
1st broadband summit for the Allgäu-Oberschwaben region
On July 17, the "1st Broadband Summit for the Allgäu-Oberschwaben Region" took place in Ravensburg. MP Axel Müller invited the mayors of the municipalities that are members of the district's broadband supply association to discuss broadband expansion in the region....
MATCH-UP Kick-Off Event in Bologna
The MATCH-UP project in the Interreg Europe programme started in June 2018. The district of Northeim, which has been supported by aconium since the beginning of 2017 in its entry into European project work, is the German partner here. By participating in an Interreg...
Cities in the Ennepe-Ruhr District Establish Competence Center for Digital Administrative Work
The towns of Witten, Gevelsberg, Herdecke, Hattingen, Schwelm, Sprockhövel and Wetter have taken an important step on the road to electronic authority files by joining forces to form the "Kompetenzzentrum eBehördenakte EN". They are now working together to digitise...
Synergies in the North Sea region: cooperation between the CORA and Like!
For the CORA (COnnecting Remote Areas with digital infrastructure and services) project, the aconium GmbH project management team took part in the interim meeting of the Like! project and the steering group meeting together with the Belgian lead partner Intercommunale...
Successful workshop “Selection procedure and handout” at the regional office for North Rhine-Westphalia
Interest in the "Selection procedure and handout" workshop for funding recipients of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure's (BMVI) federal broadband funding program was already high in the run-up to the event. On July 9, 2018, twelve grant...
Districts in South Westphalia jointly advance the digitization of administrations
At their most recent conference of district administrators, the North Rhine-Westphalian districts of Soest, Olpe, Hochsauerlandkreis, Siegen-Wittgenstein and Märkischer Kreis agreed to work more closely together on the digitalization of their administrations. "A...