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Together against dead spots: Rhineland-Palatinate and NRW call for mobile communications measurement week
From May 18 to 25, 2024, all citizens in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia were called upon to record the network availability of their mobile network providers using the Federal Network Agency's "Funkloch" app. The aim of the mobile network measurement...
Niedersachsen.next as a new brand for digital innovations
With the Lower Saxony Innovation Center, the state has been operating a central platform for the targeted transfer of scientific knowledge to the regional economy for more than 20 years. Now the umbrella brand of the Lower Saxony Digital Agency is taking the next step...
Germany is catching up with digitalization – BMDV publishes interim report on digital strategy
Under the coordination of the Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs, the Federal Government adopted its own digital strategy for the first time in August 2022. All federal ministries and the Chancellery have committed to implementing key measures that will make Germany...
Digital agenda: Citizen app HageNow! has established itself among citizens
When is the next train to Parchim? How can I tell town officials that the swing at the playground is broken? Where can I book an appointment for the town hall? What's going on in the town center today? And when is the paper waste actually collected? For some time now,...
BMDV continues to promote gigabit expansion – new funding call launched
With the "Funding to support the gigabit expansion of telecommunications networks in the Federal Republic of Germany", the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is supporting the expansion of the digital infrastructure. A new call for funding will be...
aconium on the way to ANGA COM 2024 in Cologne
ANGA COM, the leading European congress trade fair for broadband, television and online, is once again inviting network operators, equipment suppliers and content providers to Cologne in 2024 to discuss broadband and media distribution issues. The trade fair will take...
Learning series from the aconium Academy for Digital Education
The world is becoming increasingly digital. What was largely analog less than 30 years ago - dealing with authorities, submitting applications, communicating - now works primarily via the internet. The speed of transformation is constantly increasing, meaning that...
Industry dialog and points compass provide an early basis for decision-making
The federal government is once again providing funding for gigabit expansion this year. In order to identify at an early stage whether a potential application for funding has a chance of success, the industry dialog will become mandatory and a points compass will be...
Call for applications for funding of consulting services for gigabit expansion
The BMDV is enabling applications for consulting services for gigabit expansion in Germany. From today, April 15, 2024, applications for funding for consulting services can be submitted. This is based on the directive "Funding to support the gigabit expansion of...
Conclusion of the TwinBy funding program – Bavaria’s municipalities shape their smart transformation with digital twins
At municipal level, a large amount of data comes together that is not yet linked in most cities and municipalities. Many administrations also use their own filing systems and cannot directly access data from other departments. In particular, the central linking of...
Baden-Württemberg continues to rely on e-government coordinators
Since 2022, the state of Baden-Württemberg has been funding a total of 38 e-government coordinators in the districts and municipal state associations. These represent an important building block in the implementation of the Online Access Act (OZG) at state level, in...
Leipzig Smart City Lab: Bringing digital innovations to life for citizens
With the Leipzig Smart City Lab, the city wants to make digitalization tangible for all citizens. The Digital City department has now opened the Smart City Lab in a former power station in the city center, offering all interested parties the opportunity to get to know...