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Groundbreaking ceremony for fast internet in Waldbreitbach
On behalf of the Wiedtal and all 162 districts near Neuwied, the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of the digital infrastructure in the region took place today in Waldbreitbach, in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Groundbreaking ceremony in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg
The ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of the fiber optic network took place today in Löffingen in the Black Forest.
State Secretary Rainer Bomba hands over funding decision for Maintal
Today, Rainer Bomba, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), presented the town of Maintal (Main-Kinzig district) with a funding decision for funds from the billion-euro federal funding program for broadband expansion.
Grant notification for districts and municipalities in Bavaria, Thuringia and Saxony
Dorothee Bär, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, presents funding decisions for broadband expansion this afternoon.
Study on broadband plans in the EU by aconium GmbH
A new study on the digitization plans of the EU member states was published at the beginning of the month. The study on the National Broadband Plans (NBP) examined the current status, objectives and measures for the expansion of broadband networks in detail. Experts from aconium GmbH collected data on this from all 28 EU member states between December 2015 and September 2016.
Broadband expansion starts with ground-breaking ceremony on the island of Rügen
Today, the mayors of Rügen met for a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony on the open space in front of the Precise Resort Neddesitz in Sagard. This is where the laying of fiber optic cables (broadband) begins, financed by funding measures from the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI).
„Europe, let’s cooperate! – Interregional cooperation forum of the „Interreg Europe“ programme in Malta
On 22nd and 23rd March 2017, the annual conference of the EU-funding programme “Interreg Europe” took place under the heading “Europe, let’s cooperate!”.
Current figures on the digitalization of the economy and society
On 3 March 2017, the European Commission published the latest figures on the digitalization of the economy and society in the EU member states. The DESI (Digital Economy and Society Index) is made up of a total of 31 relevant indicators, which together reflect the...
Funding decision handed over with Federal Minister of Transport Dobrindt and Parliamentary State Secretary Ferlemann – funding amount is 935 million euros
On March 21, 2017, Alexander Dobrindt, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, and Enak Ferlemann, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), handed over 165 funding decisions...
Ground-breaking ceremony in Nüsttal-Haselstein near Fulda
On March 10, 2017, Günter Frenz, municipal policy consultant at aconium GmbH, and Nils Mischorr, broadband consultant at the Wiesbaden branch of aconium GmbH, took part in the ground-breaking ceremony in Nüsttal-Haselstein near Fulda. Berthold Vogt (head...
Millions in funding for broadband expansion in the district of Fulda
The Hessian district of Fulda in the north-east of the Rhine-Main region was able to invest significantly in its future last year with the help of the federal funding program for broadband expansion from the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure...
Federal Minister of Transport Alexander Dobrindt hands over funding decisions in Weilheim
On February 20, Alexander Dobrindt, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, handed over a total of 23 funding decisions for consulting services amounting to EUR 50,000 each from the federal funding program for broadband expansion to...