The German Federal Network Agency has declared the 5G spectrum auction closed. According to eco Board Member Klaus Landefeld: “The end of the 5G spectrum auction marks a fundamental milestone on Germany's path to becoming a networked industry location and society."

On the start of the 5G spectrum auction today, eco Board Member for Infrastructure & Networks Klaus Landefeld comments: “It is in principle a positive signal Germany as an industry location, and and a good day for Digital Germany, that the starting gun has been fired for future-oriented digital infrastructure and innovation.”

The main topic of the Digital Summit taking place in Nuremberg on 3 and 4 December is  that of artificial intelligence. AI is a decisive future technology and represents a crucial market for Germany as a digital location. In order to conquer this important technology field, the Alliance to Strengthen Digital Infrastructures in Germany argues that an integrated AI strategy is needed, with high-performance digital infrastructures being a crucial pillar of such a strategy.

The BMVI has just published its new funding policy for Germany’s broadband development program. From the point of view of eco, the reconfiguration of the funding program is an important, but by no means major, step on the road to implementing gigabit networks. An urgent need for action nonetheless remains.

The World Cup viewing really goes to show just how strongly the demands on digital infrastructures in Germany are growing, but fiber optic expansion in South Korea far further along than in Germany.

New study demonstrates poor political framework conditions for operators of digital infrastructures in Germany - Considering their economic importance for Germany, the operators of digital infrastructure here are currently afforded no adequate political support or subsidization.

Within the framework of the coalition negotiations for a new German federal government, eco – Association of the Internet Industry calls on the negotiating parties to exercise measured judgment when it comes to the topic of expanding broadband coverage. The association welcomes the declared commitment of the negotiating...

Commenting on today's digital summit of EU heads of state and government in Tallinn, eco Board Member for Policy and Law Oliver Süme states: "A high-performance and secure digital infrastructure is the basic prerequisite for a strong European digital single market. The main objective in this context must be the rapid...

2017 is election year in Germany; but despite this, the federal government should still continue to push for concrete objectives in Internet policy in the coming months, and not simply get into campaign mode. This was stressed by Michael Rotert, eco Chairman of the Board, at the eco New Year’s reception in Berlin yesterday. Rotert...