Brussels/Bonn, January 21, 2026 – Today, the European Commission published its draft Digital Networks Act (DNA). Lisia Mix-Bieber, Head of Public Policy at the German Broadband Association (BREKO), comments: "The first draft of the Digital Networks Act presents a mixed picture: truly promising ideas for the switch from copper to fibre networks and regarding the [...]

Bonn/Brussels, 9 January 2026 As the European Commission closes its public consultation on the review of the Digital Decade Policy Programme (DDPP), the German Broadband Association (BREKO) calls for a clearer, more realistic, and investment-friendly EU connectivity policy. BREKO warns that without an explicit prioritisation of fibre, effective competition, and stronger long-term policy certainty beyond 2030, Europe risks falling short of its Digital Decade objectives.  BREKO [...]

29.04.25 - Yesterday, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) published an impulse paper on the upcoming gradual transition from copper to fiber optic networks. Dr. Stephan Albers, Managing Director of the Bundesverband Breitbandkommunikation e.V. (BREKO), comments: "In the area of digital infrastructure, a competition- and consumer-friendly regulation of the upcoming upgrade from copper to fiber optics [...]

Berlin, 28.04.25 - The CDU/CSU today presented its ministers for the federal cabinet. Commenting on the appointment of Karsten Wildberger as Minister for Digitization and State Modernization, Sven Knapp, Head of the Capital Office of the German Broadband Association (BREKO), says: "With Karsten Wildberger, the Federal Cabinet is gaining a specialist with a high level [...]

Bonn/Berlin, April 24, 2025 - Commenting on the lawsuits filed today by BREKO member companies EWE TEL and Freenet (see dpa report), Sven Knapp, Head of the Capital Office at the German Broadband Association (BREKO), said: "BREKO welcomes the lawsuits filed by EWE TEL and Freenet against the Federal Network Agency's decision to extend mobile [...]

Brussels/Bonn, 23 April 2025 - Yesterday, the competition authorities of Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Czechia, and Ireland published a joint statement on the importance of competition in the European telecommunications sector. Alexis Bley, European Public Affairs Manager at the German Broadband Association (BREKO), comments as follows: "BREKO strongly supports the competition authorities' differentiated perspective on [...]

Bonn/Berlin, April 16, 2025 - The Bundesverband Breitbandkommunikation e.V. (BREKO) takes stock after one year of the Digital Ministers' Conference of the Federal States. The Digital Ministers' Conference was launched on April 19, 2024 and has intensified the digital policy exchange between the federal states and underlined the high relevance of digital topics. Now the [...]

Berlin, April 9, 2025 - Sven Knapp, Head of the Capital Office at the German Broadband Association (BREKO), comments on the coalition agreement published today by the future German government consisting of the CDU/CSU and SPD: "BREKO welcomes the swift agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD on a coalition agreement. This is a positive signal [...]

Frankfurt am Main, 03.04.2025 At its debut in the German trade fair capital Frankfurt, fiberdays 25 underlines its claim as the leading trade fair for fiber optics and digitization and opens up new subject areas without losing its long-standing charm as a "class reunion" of the industry. 2025, the digital and fibre optic trade fair [...]

Frankfurt am Main, 02.04.2025 A recent survey and current figures from the fiber optic expansion make it clear at the start of the digital and fiber optic trade fair fiberdays 25: The further expansion of the digital infrastructure needs top political priority and effective measures. Current figures on the status of fiber optic expansion At [...]