Bonn, April 7, 2021 With the founding of the eleventh regional group, the German Broadband Association (BREKO) completes the rollout of its state concept. Four years after founding the first regional representation, the association is closing the last gap on the BREKO map with the Saxony-Anhalt/Thuringia regional group and is represented by contact persons in all federal states.

Bonn, 25.03.2021 Federal Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer opened the association congress of the German Broadband Association (BREKO) today. The virtual event focused on the political decisions that will set the course for fiber optic expansion in the coming weeks and months. The central importance of the digital infrastructure became clear during the course of the congress, particularly in view of the Bundestag elections.

Bonn/Berlin, 01.03.2021 As part of the TKG amendment, the Telecommunications Act, including other industry-relevant legislation, is to be comprehensively modernized. Today's expert hearing in the Bundestag, at which BREKO will also be heard as an expert, is one of the last milestones on the way to the new Telecommunications Act. As experience has shown that the revision cycle of the TKG is at least eight years, the new law [...]

Bonn/Berlin 12.02.2021 BREKO criticizes the fact that the Federal Council today rejected Schleswig-Holstein's motion to modernize the apportionability of the broadband connection. "Making buildings fit for the future also means equipping them with fiber optic connections. With a forward-looking design, the pay-as-you-go option can become a driver for fiber optic expansion in apartment buildings in the interests of tenants and apartment owners [...]

BREKO appeals to the Bundesrat to support the "one-stop store principle" Regulation offers great potential for accelerating approval procedures BREKO with proposal for implementation and financing Berlin/Bonn, 11.02.2021 The timetable for the adoption of the Telecommunications Modernization Act (TKMoG), or TKG amendment for short, is ambitious. The consultations in the Bundestag and Bundesrat should be completed before the summer break. At its meeting tomorrow, the Bundesrat [...]

Saxony-Anhalt's Minister of Economic Affairs, Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann, today signed the "Saxony-Anhalt Fiber Optic Pact" with 21 telecommunications companies and two other partners (ARGE-Breitband Landkreis Börde and Zweckverband Breitband Altmark) in a virtual conference. In it, the contractual partners agree to further intensify their efforts to expand ultra-fast broadband networks in the coming years. The fiber optic pact is therefore an important building block for [...]

TKG amendment: Associations call for modernization of levy eligibility in favor of fiber optics Modernization of levy eligibility accelerates nationwide fiber optic expansion Open network access to strengthen competition and consumer freedom of choice Give companies planning and investment security Berlin, 28.01.2021 On the occasion of the Bundestag's deliberations on the TKG amendment, the Federal Association for Broadband Communication (BREKO), the Federal Association for Fiber Optic Access (BUGLAS) and the Association of Municipal Enterprises (VKU) [...].

Build Fibre, Save energy! Brussels, 28 January 2021. Breko, Europacable and the FTTH Council Europe call on policy-makers at European, national and local level, to consider the impact of the different broadband technologies on the sustainability of the environment and the European economy when selecting amongst them. In December 2019, the European Commission presented the [...]

New impetus for fiber optic expansion in NRW: BREKO state group takes up work BREKO strengthens work at state level Ninth state group founded in NRW Deutsche Glasfaser appoints state representative Bonn, 25.01.2021 In order to further promote fiber optic expansion at state level, the Federal Association for Broadband Communication (BREKO) is strengthening the state policy area with a new state group. With almost 40 member companies and an investment volume of [...]

Bonn/Berlin 14.01.2021 Federal Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer (CSU) announced today that he wants to provide households with poor internet connections with a voucher for a satellite connection. A voucher program is to be launched to enable households with very poor internet coverage to use satellite capacity in the short term. Areas where speeds of less than ten megabits per second are available [...]