fiberdays 25 will take place at Messe Frankfurt am Main for the first time from 02 to 03 April 2025. With the new location, the trade fair offers around 60 percent more space for a growing number of exhibitors, visitors and topics. More than 250 national and international exhibitors will showcase their products and services and offer trade visitors the opportunity to find out about the latest developments in a compact format. The trade fair will be officially opened on April 2 by Hessian Digital Minister Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus.

Today, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) published the study prepared by WIK on promoting demand for fiber optic expansion through so-called vouchers. Sven Knapp, Head of the Capital Office at the German Broadband Association (BREKO), explains: "The use of vouchers can significantly increase the willingness of consumers to actively support the expansion of the digital infrastructure with fiber optics.

With the announced reduction in bureaucracy, the Commission is sending an important signal to ease the burden on companies in the EU. The planned "omnibus simplification package", which aims to streamline reporting obligations in the areas of sustainability and taxonomy, is a first step towards reducing bureaucracy.

Deutsche Telekom continues to abuse its dominant market position by strategically overbuilding the fiber optic networks of its competitors, thereby massively hindering them. The industry associations BREKO and VATM have now called on the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to take action against this abusive behavior by a company with considerable market power.

The fact that the BMDV is publishing the call for gigabit funding as early as possible in the year is understandable, but is also fraught with considerable uncertainty in view of the fact that the provisional budget management is likely to continue for many months to come.

The Bundesverband Breitbandkommunikation e.V. (BREKO) will bundle the open access expertise and cooperation experience of its more than 520 member companies in regular dialog formats. In a virtual kick-off event with more than 180 representatives of telecommunications network operators, seven companies presented different fiber optic cooperation models.

The Federal Network Agency presented its plans for the extension of mobile frequencies at a hearing today. Sven Knapp, Head of the Capital Office of the German Broadband Association (BREKO), explains: "Instead of finally creating real competition, the Federal Network Agency is sticking to its course of protecting the mobile top dogs Telekom, Vodafone and Telefónica from unwelcome competition."

BREKO shares the great skepticism of the EU member states regarding the idea underlying the EU Commission's White Paper and the reports by Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi that less competition within the EU could lead to greater competitiveness of European telecommunications companies vis-à-vis the rest of the world.

The German Broadband Association (BREKO) continues to grow in its 25th anniversary year and now represents 525 companies in the telecommunications industry, including 268 network operators. The members' meeting took account of this growth by electing five additional members to the association's Board of Directors today. BREKO President Norbert Westfal was confirmed in office.

The German Broadband Association (BREKO) welcomed more than 850 guests to the Estrel Berlin today for the political highlight of the year for the telecommunications industry. Representatives from politics, business, science and administration discussed current topics relevant to fiber optic expansion in Germany in the year of the association's 25th anniversary. The main focus was on the most important measures for fiber optic expansion following the failure of the traffic light coalition.