Deutsche Telekom continues to abuse its dominant market position by strategically overbuilding the fiber optic networks of its competitors, thereby massively hindering them. The industry associations BREKO and VATM have now called on the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to take action against this abusive behavior by a company with considerable market power.

Deutsche Telekom continues to abuse its dominant market position by strategically overbuilding the fiber optic networks of its competitors, thereby massively hindering them. The industry associations BREKO and VATM have now called on the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to take action against this abusive behavior by a company with considerable market power.

Deutsche Telekom continues to abuse its dominant market position by strategically overbuilding the fiber optic networks of its competitors, thereby massively hindering them. The industry associations BREKO and VATM have now called on the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to take action against this abusive behavior by a company with considerable market power.

Joint press release by BREKO, BDEW, and VKU Brussels, 5 March 2026 – Today, the German associations BREKO, BDEW and VKU held a political event on the Digital Networks Act (DNA) in Brussels. They welcome the European Commission’s initiative as an important step towards modernising the EU telecom framework and supporting gigabit infrastructure deployment across [...]

Brussels, 29 January 2026 – Today, the European Local Fibre Alliance (ELFA), the European voice of local fibre operators, convened a policy event in Brussels with representatives from the European Commission and regulatory bodies to exchange views on the draft Digital Networks Act (DNA) and the future of the European telecommunications sector. At the event, [...]

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 [...]