Tag: Federal Network Agency
EU considers banning Huawei on 5G rollout
5G expansion The EU wants to exclude some companies that are considered high-risk from the 5G expansion. (Photo: AP) Bangalore According to a newspaper report, the European Union (EU) is…
Fiber optic providers demand fair competition in the mobile network
Berlin A large majority of fiber optic network operators in Germany also want to offer potential customers mobile communications based on the latest 5G standard. But creating such bundled products…
Federal Network Agency grants electricity and gas network operators higher returns – consumers pay more
Electricity Electricity grid fees have risen continuously in recent years. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Good news for the more than 800 electricity network operators and around 700 gas network operators in…
Germany has been importing more French electricity since April
French nuclear power station in Flamanville The nuclear safety agency ASN is already calling for reactors to be armed against the impending water shortage in the summer. (Photo: dpa) Berlin,…
Cartel Office initiates proceedings against Vodafone
Vodafone radio mast 1&1 accuses the group and its subsidiary Vantage Towers of deliberately slowing down the expansion of the competitor. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Why is the expansion of 1&1’s…
How Telekom uses its market power in fiber optic expansion
Berlin Shortly before Pentecost, association representatives and managers from telecommunications companies met in Bonn for the “David versus Goliath” duel. Not in the corporate headquarters of the industry giant Deutsche…
EnBW sells electricity grid share for around one billion euros
EnBW The energy supplier had originally hoped for a higher purchase price when selling part of its electricity grids. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart The energy supplier EnBW is making progress with…
Expansion backlog of 1&1 is larger than known
1&1 boss Ralph Dommermuth The 1&1 boss sees his business partners as primarily responsible for the development backlog of his own network, (Photo: Michael Englert for Handelsblatt) Hamburg United Internet…
Higher returns for power grid operators? Netzagentur President Müller gives hope
power poles Electricity grid fees have risen continuously in recent years. (Photo: IMAGO/Countrypixel) Berlin, Dusseldorf Federal Network Agency President Klaus Müller is open to demands that operators of electricity grids…
How Tim Höttges makes Telekom look better than it is
Telekom T The idiosyncratic structure of the group becomes a problem. Under CEO Timotheus Höttges, the former state-owned company grew to unprecedented heights – in terms of both profit and…
How Tim Höttges makes Telekom look better than it is
Telekom T The idiosyncratic structure of the group becomes a problem. Under CEO Timotheus Höttges, the former state-owned company grew to unprecedented heights – in terms of both profit and…
The federal government and the railways are expecting disaster from Brussels
Freight wagons from DB Cargo Deutsche Bahn rejects accusations from Brussels that it received subsidies that distorted competition. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The federal government fears trouble from Brussels. According to…
Graichen resigns as State Secretary from the Ministry of Economic Affairs
Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck has confirmed the resignation of the controversial Secretary of State for Energy, Patrick Graichen. This was decided on Tuesday evening in a joint…
Heat pumps push power grids to their limits
Transformer station in Rhineland-Palatinate The demand for electricity will increase significantly with the heat transition – a stress test for the grids. (Photo: imago images/UJ Alexander) Berlin, Dusseldorf The federal…
Telekom wants to improve cell phone network on highways
Freeway With the agreement, Telekom goes beyond state expansion obligations. (Photo: IMAGO/HEN-FOTO) Bonn Deutsche Telekom wants to significantly improve its cell phone network on the Autobahn. The Bonn-based company announced…
Telekom wants to improve cell phone network on highways
Freeway With the agreement, Telekom goes beyond state expansion obligations. (Photo: IMAGO/HEN-FOTO) Bonn Deutsche Telekom wants to significantly improve its cell phone network on the Autobahn. The Bonn-based company announced…
Heat pumps push power grids to their limits
Transformer station in Rhineland-Palatinate The demand for electricity will increase significantly with the heat transition – a stress test for the grids. (Photo: imago images/UJ Alexander) The federal government’s heat…
Are electricity, steel or hydrogen really green? Blockchain should show it
Green hydrogen gas station In the future, companies will have to prove more clearly how their raw materials and products were produced. (Photo: Bloomberg) Munich, Salzgitter Whether CO2 balance, green…
5G mobile network: Dommermuth’s roaming push enrages competitors
At the same time, he called for regulated access to their new, particularly powerful 5G networks. It was above all Dommermuth’s announcement that he would apply for so-called national roaming…
The first proposal for a German hydrogen network could be available in the summer
Salzgitter It should now go quickly with the construction of a network for the supply of hydrogen. At the beginning of the week, the Federal Ministry of Economics under Minister…