Brussels, January 12, 2023 The German Broadband Association (BREKO) today honored the first digital politician at EU level in Brussels as part of its "Fiber for Future" initiative. The award was presented to MEP Dr. Patrick Breyer for his commitment to digital civil rights and digital policy.

Bonn/Brussels, 14.12.2022 - With the state aid guidelines for broadband networks published on Monday, the European Commission sets out the rules for assessing future national broadband support programs. Member states must have state aid measures approved by the EU Commission in advance. In the view of the German Broadband Association (BREKO), the new regulations contain a positive innovation with regard to the determination of market failure, but miss the opportunity to consistently focus the new instrument of fiber optic vouchers on the promotion of new networks. An important lever for the fastest possible fibre-optic expansion in Germany remains the prioritization of funding to particularly poorly supplied areas without self-sufficient expansion potential.

The gigabit land register can make a contribution to facilitating and therefore speeding up the expansion of the digital infrastructure. To this end, telecommunications companies in particular must be given prompt access to real estate, cadastral and land register data.

Berlin, 07.12.2022 - One year after its inauguration, the German government will meet with representatives from business, science and society on Thursday and Friday for the Digital Summit 2022. On this occasion, the German Broadband Association (BREKO) is taking stock of digital policy after one year of a traffic light government.

Bonn / Naumburg (Saale), 29.11.2022 The Bundesverband Breitbandkommunikation e.V. (BREKO) and the Mobilfunkinfrastrukturgesellschaft mbH (MIG) have agreed on a cooperation to simplify and accelerate the subsidized development of "white mobile network spots". To this end, BREKO and MIG have concluded a model agreement on the basis of which BREKO member companies can make their fiber optic networks available for subsidized mobile communications projects.

Bonn, 28.11.2022 BREKO member company Deutsche Glasfaser and Vodafone today announced a long-term cooperation for the joint use of Deutsche Glasfaser's fiber optic network. The two companies are thus focusing on cooperation instead of superstructure in order to rapidly advance the expansion of fiber optics in Germany. Opening up existing fiber optic networks for use by competitors is now established practice.

Berlin, November 18, 2022 - The German Broadband Communications Association (BREKO) is taking account of its continued membership growth: At today's General Meeting, which was held in Berlin for the first time since 2019, the member companies elected a new BREKO Board of Directors and added four new members. Norbert Westfal was confirmed in office as BREKO President.

Bonn/Berlin, 18.11.2022 - "The publication of the draft standard is an important step towards significantly greater use of modern laying methods. Trenching, milling and ploughing methods are a central building block for fast and efficient fiber optic expansion and thus also for achieving the federal government's expansion targets.

Bonn/Berlin, 17.11.2022 - The BREKO Annual Conference, the central political event of the telecommunications industry, took place today at the Estrel Berlin, where the industry and politicians discussed the framework conditions for the further expansion of fiber optics. The implementation of the gigabit strategy to date and the question of what measures need to be taken to achieve the German government's fiber optic expansion targets were the common thread running through the conference, which was attended by prominent figures. The industry made specific demands on politicians to ensure that fiber optic expansion is not jeopardized against the backdrop of the current energy and economic crisis. Federal Minister Volker Wissing focused his remarks on "funding with a sense of proportion" and the interaction of all players in the fiber optic expansion.

Berlin, 25.10.2022 The associations Bitkom, BREKO and VATM comment on today's decision by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) to prioritize the funding of fiber optic expansion in the future: "We welcome the fact that the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) has today set out the framework for the future funding of fiber optic expansion and defined central cornerstones. This ensures predictability for all parties involved and focuses on the common goal of implementing nationwide fiber optic expansion in Germany as quickly as possible.