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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>BREKO Market Analysis 2026<\/h1><\/div>Poor investment conditions dampen market sentiment<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>Bonn\/Cologne, 2 September 2026 \u2013 Network operators in Germany are continuing to drive fibre rollout, bringing fibre coverage to 62.0% (28.7 million households and businesses; up 9.2 percentage points year-on-year) and the number of active fibre connections to 7.9 million (+1.3 million). At the same time, market conditions are deteriorating noticeably. These are the findings of the latest BREKO Market Analysis as of 30 June 2026, which this year was conducted for the first time by IW Consult, a subsidiary of the German Economic Institute (IW).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- The investment climate in the telecommunications market has deteriorated significantly (-13.3 percentage points). While the current business situation remains positive (26.8), expectations for the future are considerably weaker (15.8). Improving investment conditions is therefore urgently needed.<\/li>\n
- Sharp increases in rollout and financing costs make an even more efficient approach to fibre deployment essential: fibre coverage has risen to 62%, while the share of premises actually connected has increased only slightly to 29.8%, and the take-up rate remains at 27%.<\/li>\n
- 78% of network operators consider a competition-compliant, rules-based transition from copper to fibre networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>
Downloads<\/h3><\/div> \n \n <\/i>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\n BREKO market analysis 2026<\/span>\n \u00a9 BREKO e.V.<\/span>\n \n\t\t\t\tDownload (34 MB) <\/span><\/span> <\/i><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/i>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t\t\n Press release on the BREKO market analysis 2026<\/span>\n \u00a9 BREKO e.V.<\/span>\n \n\t\t\t\tDownload (97 KB) <\/span><\/span> <\/i><\/span>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>BREKO Market Analysis 2025<\/h1><\/div>Fibre industry maintains strong rollout momentum \u2013 calls for investment incentives and greater planning certainty<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>Bonn, 14 August 2025 \u2013 Despite the economic downturn, Deutsche Telekom\u2019s competitors continue to maintain high levels of investment in network rollout, laying the foundation for Germany\u2019s digital transformation and urgently needed economic growth. As of 30 June 2025, fibre coverage (Homes Passed) stood at 52.8%, an increase of 9.6 percentage points compared with the previous year. The share of households, businesses and public institutions connected to fibre \u2013 the fibre connection rate (Homes Connected) \u2013 rose by 4.5 percentage points to 27.3%. Demand for fibre connections also increased, with 1.4 million additional fibre customers compared with the previous year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Fibre coverage rises to 52.8%, while the fibre connection rate reaches 27.3%<\/li>\n
- 1.4 million new fibre customers compared with the previous year<\/li>\n
- Deutsche Telekom\u2019s competitors account for the majority of fibre rollout and are bringing fibre to an increasing number of households<\/li>\n
- The framework for the transition from copper to fibre must create incentives for investment and strengthen competition<\/li>\n
- Schleswig-Holstein leads the federal state ranking, ahead of Hamburg, Bremen and Saxony-Anhalt; Lower Saxony records the strongest growth among Germany\u2019s non-city states<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Poor investment conditions dampen market sentiment<\/p>\n<\/div>
Bonn\/Cologne, 2 September 2026 \u2013 Network operators in Germany are continuing to drive fibre rollout, bringing fibre coverage to 62.0% (28.7 million households and businesses; up 9.2 percentage points year-on-year) and the number of active fibre connections to 7.9 million (+1.3 million). At the same time, market conditions are deteriorating noticeably. These are the findings of the latest BREKO Market Analysis as of 30 June 2026, which this year was conducted for the first time by IW Consult, a subsidiary of the German Economic Institute (IW).<\/strong><\/p>\n Fibre industry maintains strong rollout momentum \u2013 calls for investment incentives and greater planning certainty<\/p>\n<\/div> Bonn, 14 August 2025 \u2013 Despite the economic downturn, Deutsche Telekom\u2019s competitors continue to maintain high levels of investment in network rollout, laying the foundation for Germany\u2019s digital transformation and urgently needed economic growth. As of 30 June 2025, fibre coverage (Homes Passed) stood at 52.8%, an increase of 9.6 percentage points compared with the previous year. The share of households, businesses and public institutions connected to fibre \u2013 the fibre connection rate (Homes Connected) \u2013 rose by 4.5 percentage points to 27.3%. Demand for fibre connections also increased, with 1.4 million additional fibre customers compared with the previous year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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