New versions of the GIS ancillary provisions (GIS-NBest) have come into force for projects in the federal broadband funding program. These have the version numbers 3.2 and 4.1.
In addition to the further reduction of the required geodata, the query of information on the co-laying of empty conduits as part of the subsidized broadband expansion was added as a significant innovation to all previous versions of the GIS-NBest.
If the subsidized measure involves co-laying by a third party or so-called own co-laying by the subsidized company, this information must now be provided.
Furthermore, this addition also creates the possibility of clearly documenting the so-called advance on the basis of reserve capacities.
In response to indications from the telecommunications market that information over and above the requirements of the GIS-NBest is available to telecommunications companies and can be submitted accordingly, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) has decided to publish version 4.1 on an optional basis. With this version, additional information can be submitted voluntarily. This information serves in particular to increase the level of detail of the submitted network planning and to facilitate the review process.
GIS-NBest 3.1 has been implemented in a large number of projects to date. GIS-NBest 3.2 has also been published to enable the aforementioned extensions for these projects. As with version 4.1, these contain the co-laying layer. No further changes were made to version 3.1.
All versions of the GIS-NBest are available in our download area.