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Workshop at the North site on selection procedure and request for funds
On February 20, 2018, another workshop for funding recipients in the federal broadband funding program took place at the northern location of aconium GmbH, the project management agency of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. Representatives...
Successful Governmental Day workshop in the frame of the FTTH Conference in Valencia
On 13 February 2018 aconium hosted another “Governmental Day” workshop, this time dedicated to concepts tackling the rural digital divide. More than 100 participants, amongst them representatives of national, regional and local municipalities of EU Member...
High-speed Internet in the district of Fulda
With over 220,000 inhabitants spread across 23 municipalities, the district of Fulda is the easternmost region of the Rhine-Main area. Large parts of the district are located in the UNESCO Rhön Biosphere Reserve. This is a region in which the coexistence of man and...
In focus: The Main-Kinzig district – at the forefront of broadband expansion
With just under 417,000 inhabitants, the Main-Kinzig district is the most populous and, with a total area of almost 1.4 million km², the largest district in Hesse in terms of area. It stretches from the foothills of the Rhön in the east to the Frankfurt city region in...
Interview with Ralph Obalski, Wesermarsch Economic Development Agency
The municipality of Lemwerder borders Bremen to the northwest and is located in the southern part of the district of Wesermarsch. In the municipality of around 7,000 inhabitants, it is mainly manufacturing companies that have taken advantage of the good geographical...
Groundbreaking ceremony in the district of Stade
Since Monday, February 5, 2018, the anticipation of super-fast Internet has also been growing in the district of Stade. The project was officially launched with the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony in Ahlerstedt. Now 6,000 more households are to be connected to the...
Broadband expansion starts in Ludwigslust-Parchim district
Broadband expansion in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) began on 19.03.2018 with a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony in the municipality of Siggelkow. Christian Pegel (Minister for Energy, Infrastructure and Digitalisation of the...
Broadband expansion starts in south-western Ammerland
On 29.01.2018, the first symbolic ground-breaking ceremony for the broadband expansion in the district of Ammerland took place in Edewecht. In the presence of the mayor of the municipality of Edewecht Petra Lausch, Klaus Groß (mayor of the town of Westerstede),...
Ideas and potential of rural areas at the 11th Future Forum for Rural Development
Around 1,000 participants from all over Germany took part in the 11th Future Forum for Rural Development, which was held as part of the International Green Week in Berlin on January 24 and 25, 2018. In addition to employees of aconium GmbH, they included...
Ground-breaking ceremony for broadband expansion in the Oldenburg district
On 18.01.2018, the first symbolic ground-breaking ceremony for the broadband expansion took place in the Düngstruper Straße Nord and Süd industrial estates in the town of Wildeshausen in the district of Oldenburg. District Administrator Carsten Harings (Oldenburg...
First steps after the decision: Workshop at the North site
This week, aconium GmbH kicked off the new year with another workshop for grant recipients at the North site. Eleven applicants took up the offer on January 16 and came to Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Experts from aconium GmbH, the project management agency of the Federal...
aconium “Governmental Day” workshop at the FTTH CONFERENCE in Valencia 2018
aconium GmbH is organizing the "Governmental Day" workshop for the fifth time in a row on 13 February 2018 as part of the FTTH Conference 2018 in Valencia. The workshop is aimed at political decision-makers, public administration officials and regional and local...