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Joint press release by BREKO, BDEW, and VKU Brussels, 5 March 2026 \u2013 Today, the German associations BREKO, BDEW and VKU held a political event on the Digital Networks Act (DNA) in Brussels. They welcome the European Commission\u2019s initiative as an important step towards modernising the EU telecom framework and supporting gigabit infrastructure deployment across [...]<\/p><\/div>
Brussels, 29 January 2026 \u2013 Today, the European Local Fibre Alliance (ELFA), the European voice of local fibre operators, convened a policy event in Brussels with representatives from the European Commission and regulatory bodies to exchange views on the draft Digital Networks Act (DNA) and the future of the European telecommunications sector. At the event, [...]<\/p><\/div>
Brussels\/Bonn, January 21, 2026 \u2013 Today, the European Commission published its draft Digital Networks Act (DNA). Lisia Mix-Bieber, Head of Public Policy at the German Broadband Association (BREKO), comments: \"The first draft of the Digital Networks Act presents a mixed picture: truly promising ideas for the switch from copper to fibre networks and regarding the [...]<\/p><\/div>
Bonn\/Brussels, 9 January 2026\u202fAs the European Commission closes its public consultation on the review of the Digital Decade Policy\u202fProgramme\u202f(DDPP), the German Broadband Association (BREKO) calls for a clearer, more\u202frealistic,\u202fand investment-friendly EU connectivity policy. BREKO warns that without an explicit\u202fprioritisation\u202fof\u202ffibre, effective\u202fcompetition,\u202fand stronger long-term policy certainty beyond 2030, Europe risks falling short of its Digital Decade\u202fobjectives.\u202f BREKO [...]<\/p><\/div>
29.04.25 - Yesterday, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) published an impulse paper on the upcoming gradual transition from copper to fiber optic networks. Dr. Stephan Albers, Managing Director of the Bundesverband Breitbandkommunikation e.V. (BREKO), comments: \"In the area of digital infrastructure, a competition- and consumer-friendly regulation of the upcoming upgrade from copper to fiber optics [...]<\/p><\/div>
Berlin, 28.04.25 - The CDU\/CSU today presented its ministers for the federal cabinet. Commenting on the appointment of Karsten Wildberger as Minister for Digitization and State Modernization, Sven Knapp, Head of the Capital Office of the German Broadband Association (BREKO), says: \"With Karsten Wildberger, the Federal Cabinet is gaining a specialist with a high level [...]<\/p><\/div>
Bonn\/Berlin, April 24, 2025 - Commenting on the lawsuits filed today by BREKO member companies EWE TEL and Freenet (see dpa report), Sven Knapp, Head of the Capital Office at the German Broadband Association (BREKO), said: \"BREKO welcomes the lawsuits filed by EWE TEL and Freenet against the Federal Network Agency's decision to extend mobile [...]<\/p><\/div>
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 [...]<\/p><\/div>
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 [...]<\/p><\/div>
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 [...]<\/p><\/div>