Wiesbaden, 14 June 2022 The fiberdays are back in the exhibition hall: For the first time, the German Broadband Association (BREKO) is presenting the trade fair and congress event for the telecommunications and digital industry on 10,000 square meters in two exhibition halls of the RheinMain CongressCenter in Wiesbaden. The congress on digitalization, digital infrastructure and fibre optic expansion was opened today by Daniela Kluckert, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, and the Hessian Digital Minister Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus.

The German Broadband Association (BREKO) comments on today's decision by the Bundesrat on the ordinance on the minimum requirements for the right to be provided with telecommunications services: "The fact that the Bundesrat gave up its blockade at the last second was long overdue. The demands for higher bandwidths and latency requirements could not be justified from a legal or technical perspective."

The Hessian state government has agreed on joint goals and measures with eleven telecommunications companies as well as the German Broadband Association (BREKO) and the Association of Municipal Enterprises (VKU) in order to provide the state with real fiber optic connections nationwide by 2030.

Berlin, 11 May 2022: On the occasion of the G7 Digital Ministers' Meeting, the associations of the German ICT industry are calling for a holistic view of digitalization and sustainability in a national and international context. On the one hand, the use of digital infrastructures and technologies makes it possible to save enormous resources across sectors. On the other hand, digitalization consumes energy through the use of devices and network operation, which will be continuously optimized in the interests of sustainable business. A joint association paper proposes measures on how digitalization and sustainability can be discussed together nationally and internationally.

Bonn/Gießen, 05.05.2022 - Digitalization can only contribute to achieving climate targets on the basis of an energy-saving digital infrastructure. Due to their low power consumption compared to other infrastructures, real fiber optic networks offer the possibility of energy-efficient data transmission. This is confirmed by a recent report.

Bonn, 04.05.2022 The German Broadband Association (BREKO) comments on the Ordinance on the Minimum Requirements for the Right to Supply with Telecommunications Services (TK-Mindestversorgungsverordnung, TKMV) adopted today by the Federal Cabinet: "BREKO is critical of the ordinance adopted today. The German government could and should have opened the doors to guaranteeing basic Internet coverage for everyone as quickly as possible by drafting the Telecommunications Minimum Supply Ordinance.

Stuttgart, 29.04.2022 - At the first Baden-Württemberg fibre optic forum, Dr. Stephan Albers, Managing Director of the German Broadband Association (BREKO), proposed the development of a fibre optic pact for "the Länd". The idea was well received by those present. In addition, business, politics, administration and trade associations discussed how self-funded and subsidized expansion can be efficiently dovetailed, how approval procedures can become more digital and faster, what contribution modern installation methods can make to accelerating expansion and how network operators, municipalities and municipal utilities can best cooperate in order to jointly leverage synergies.

The German Broadband Association BREKO e.V. supports today's decision by the Federal Network Agency to set the fees for access to the local loop (local loop, "last mile") for the next 10 years. Previously, the approval periods were usually two to three years.

Bonn/Wiesbaden, 08.04.2022 - The fiber optic and digital trade fair Fiberdays will return to the exhibition halls of the RheinMain CongressCenter Wiesbaden (RMCC) on 14 and 15 June 2022. As part of the high-profile opening congress, representatives from politics and the industry will speak about digitalization and fiber optic expansion.

Bonn, April 7, 2022 - The purchasing association of the German Broadband Communication Association (BREKO) is launching its first joint router model with the German telephone manufacturer Gigaset. The Gigaset ONE X8100 was realized in cooperation with BREKO network operators and will be available to the entire market from May 2022.