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 [...]

Urgent industry appeal to digital ministers' conference: Fiber optic and mobile expansion need investment-friendly and competition-oriented policies Berlin, March 28, 2025. Faster administrative procedures, less bureaucracy and investment-friendly and competition-oriented framework conditions are the decisive prerequisites for the rapid expansion of future-proof digital infrastructures in Germany. The telecommunications industry associations ANGA, Bitkom, BREKO and VATM [...]

Bonn, March 24, 2025 - Sven Knapp, Head of the Capital Office of the German Broadband Association (BREKO), comments on the Federal Network Agency's decision on the extension of mobile frequencies: "This is a slap in the face for competition, regardless of the interests of consumers and business customers. Instead of finally creating effective competition [...]

Bonn/Frankfurt, 21.03.2025 The TV congress media hall will open its doors on April 2 and 3, 2025 as part of fiberdays 25 at Messe Frankfurt am Main. In its fourth edition, media hall offers media companies, platforms, network operators, media professionals, streaming services and technology providers a unique forum for discussing and actively shaping the [...]

Bonn, March 17, 2025 - Sven Knapp, Head of the Capital Office of the German Broadband Association (BREKO), comments on the Federal Network Agency's planned decision on the extension of mobile frequencies: "This is a slap in the face for competition, regardless of the interests of consumers and business customers. Instead of finally creating effective [...]

Bonn/Frankfurt, 13.03.2025 With the move to the trade fair city of Frankfurt am Main and a growth of over 70 additional exhibitors, fiberdays 25 on 2 and 3 April 2025 will underpin its claim to be a central platform for knowledge transfer and exchange in the telecommunications industry. The integrated approach of the event offers [...]