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Contract signed for broadband expansion in the Burgenland district
The Burgenland district (Saxony-Anhalt) took an important step towards broadband expansion on May 7. All of the district's mayors, representatives of the state, the Saxony-Anhalt Investment Bank, aconium GmbH - the project sponsor of the Federal Ministry of Transport...
Developments in Electromobility at the Berlin Energy Days 2018
From 7 to 9 May, the Berlin Energy Days 2018 were dedicated to the topic of energy and its various forms. At the annual major conference, the energy transition in Germany was examined from different perspectives in seven different thematic blocks. Over 300 speakers...
Commissioning of the first construction phase of the municipality of Nümbrecht
Together with the mayor of Nümbrecht, Hilko Redenius, Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, cut the symbolic ribbon to mark the commissioning of the first construction...
Workshop for grant recipients from northern Germany
On May 7 and 8, two workshops for funding recipients in the federal broadband funding program took place at the regional office for Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein of aconium GmbH. Representatives from 23 districts came to Osterholz-Scharmbeck to...
Ground-breaking ceremony in the Salzland district
Following the signing of the broadband expansion contracts in March, the Salzland district invited people to the ground-breaking ceremony for the broadband expansion in the Üllnitz district of Staßfurt. On 24.05.2018, District Administrator Markus Bauer, Mayor of...
Specialist Dossier Highlights the Potential of new Working Models for Rural Areas
The current upheaval in the world of work can essentially be traced back to the overall social megatrends of digitalisation and globalisation. Technical innovations and growing mobility are shaping the economic conditions under which work is already being transformed...
Broadband expansion begins in Weilheim, Bavaria
On May 4, work on the comprehensive broadband expansion in the town of Weilheim in Upper Bavaria began with a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony on Narbonner Ring. "Now our 'broadband baby' is becoming a reality. The first 300 or so households and commercial users will...
Third groundbreaking ceremony in Lutherstadt Wittenberg
On the north bank of the Elbe, Mayor Torsten Zugehör (Lutherstadt Wittenberg), Stephan Heinrich (Head of Economic Affairs Lutherstadt Wittenberg) and Daniel Knohr (Regional Manager) of aconium, the project management agency of the Federal Ministry of Transport and...
Publication Series “Transport and Environment” – New Article on Limit Values and Measurement Methods for Nitrogen Oxide Concentrations
The combustion of fossil fuels produces nitrogen oxides (NOx) as well as other toxic substances. Particularly in regions with high traffic volumes, they lead to severe pollution of the environment and people. The EU has therefore set limit values that have been...
Groundbreaking ceremony in Zerbst/Anhalt
Broadband expansion started in Zerbst (Saxony-Anhalt) on May 8. Sandra Beichert, State Chancellery of Saxony-Anhalt, Mayor Andreas Dittmann (Zerbst/Anhalt), Daniel Knohr, Regional Manager of aconium, the project sponsor of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital...
Commissioning of the third and fourth construction phases in the district of Neuwied
The broadband expansion in the district of Neuwied continues to progress successfully. On May 16, the network of the third and fourth construction phase was officially put into operation in Dattenberg and Vettelschoß with representatives from the district, the...
Presentation of a new Strategy for the Smart City Jena
In cooperation with the state of Thuringia, the city of Jena has developed an eight-point strategy for the expansion of digitalisation in order to further advance the vision of a "Smart City Jena". Together with Economics Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, Lord Mayor Dr....