Germany's leading fiber optic trade fair goes virtual: FIBERWEEK in October 2020 The FIBERDAYS trade fair will take place in its usual format in March 2021 Berlin/Bonn, 10 July 2020 With FIBERWEEK20, BREKO is implementing a virtual trade fair event for the fiber optic and digital industry for the first time from 12 to 16 October 2020. The FIBERDAYS trade fair will take place next year on 17 and [...]

Germany takes over the EU Council Presidency on July 1. "Making Europe strong again together" is the declared goal of the German government. The focus is on overcoming the economic and social consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Accelerating the digital transformation is one of the most important measures. BREKO Managing Director Dr. Stephan Albers comments: "The responsibility of a Council Presidency in this difficult [...]

Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer has invited players from the mobile communications industry to the mobile communications summit to discuss the next milestones for the expansion of mobile communications in Germany. The most important topic, in addition to closing dead spots, will be the expansion of the 5G network. The current status: Since the allocation of frequencies last year, mobile network operators have been equipping their infrastructure for the new [...]

"We very much welcome the fact that the German government wants to push ahead with digitalization. This is an important step towards emerging stronger from the crisis. In order to accelerate the expansion of fibre optics, which forms the basis for the ongoing digitalization of society and the economy, it is now important to put these announcements into practice. Above all in the form of [...]

Annika Sasse-Röth is the new press spokesperson for the German Broadband Communications Association (BREKO). She has been responsible for press and public relations at the association's Berlin office since June 1, 2020. Annika Sasse-Röth has over ten years of communications experience. After completing her studies, the engineering graduate worked for several years as head of communications for a medium-sized service center. She then founded her own communications agency and managed [...]

BREKO strengthens regional commitment: Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland regional group founded Seventh BREKO regional group supports the association's work at state level Regional concept ensures synergies in fiber optic expansion through central local contacts The member companies of the German Broadband Association (BREKO) expanding in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland founded a joint BREKO regional group on 13 May 2020. This makes it the seventh, [...]

- Fibre optic networks consume up to seventeen times less power per bit rate than vectoring or super-vectoring networks - Fibre optic networks are powerful, future-proof and sustainable and therefore an important foundation for digitalization and the achievement of climate and sustainability goals - Digitalization and sustainability must continue to be vigorously promoted The corona crisis is fundamentally changing life, work and the economy [...].

BREKO welcomes the launch of the "Deutsche Glasfaser Group" and sees this as a strong sign of the efficiency of the self-economic fiber optic expansion in Germany. For BREKO Managing Director Dr. Stephan Albers, the launch of the new "fiber optic factory" is confirmation that the BREKO companies are the key drivers of genuine fiber optic expansion right into buildings and homes. "It remains [...]

The Federal Network Agency published a decision today (April 24, 2020) that gives Telekom's copper connections priority over fiber-to-the-building (FTTB) connections. Among other things, the decision concerns access to the telephone line from the basement of a building to the respective customer's home - i.e. the building cabling. According to [...]

Yesterday, the Federal Network Agency presented its 2018/2019 annual report on broadband measurement. Overall, the results are at a similar level to the previous year. They show that it is right to rely on pure fiber optics, because: A true fiber optic connection (FTTB/H) is not only faster, but also achieves the promised bandwidths more reliably and stably than other connection technologies. Especially in the [...]