Tag: Telecom Policy
EU Commission wants billions in expansion
Brussels The European telecom companies have tried it many times before, but they have never come so close to their goal: the EU Commission is preparing a law they have…
Mobile phone companies have lost credibility in infrastructure expansion
holes in the radio network Despite the high prices, the product is not right for Germany’s mobile phone providers. (Photo: imago images / photothek) Switzerland is a beautiful country with…
Mobile phone companies have lost credibility in infrastructure expansion
holes in the radio network Despite the high prices, the product is not right for Germany’s mobile phone providers. (Photo: imago images / photothek) Switzerland is a beautiful country with…
More cell phone masts, fewer competitors – How the telecom industry ripped off the federal government
Andreas Scheuer and the mobile phone companies Internal documents show that the federal government, in the person of the then Transport and Digital Minister, deliberately sacrificed tougher regulation. (Photo: Imago,…
The EU Commission is working on a Netflix levy
fiber optic cable The EU Commission wants to take additional money for the network expansion. (Photo: dpa) Brussels Telecom companies and Internet groups should soon receive mail from the EU…
Politicians are calling for clear sanctions against mobile network operators
The Chairman of the Advisory Board, Olaf Lies (SPD), explained: “Reliable, nationwide mobile phone coverage is of fundamental importance both for the economy and for equivalent living conditions in Germany.”…
Telekom, Vodafone, Telefónica and 1&1: Network expansion is too slow
Berlin, Hamburg Have Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefónica and 1&1 provided the country with sufficient mobile networks? The Federal Network Agency is currently investigating this question and intends to present a…
Telekom, Vodafone, Telefónica and 1&1: Network expansion is too slow
Berlin, Hamburg Have Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefónica and 1&1 provided the country with sufficient mobile networks? The Federal Network Agency is currently investigating this question and intends to present a…
European satellites launched for new high-performance network
Cape Canaveral The race for the best satellite-based Internet is intensifying. The European satellite provider SES launched two new satellites into orbit from the spaceport in Cape Canaveral on Friday.…
Extra mobile phone frequency on railway lines only planned for 2024
A Deutsche Bahn train By December 11, all locomotives should have new, “hardened” equipment to prevent interference. This conversion has been delayed (Photo: dpa) Bonn After the Federal Network Agency’s…
A homogeneous crowd celebrates itself
Bitkom President Achim Berg, Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Digital Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) at the digital summit Apparently, the digital summit does not want critical voices. (Photo: dpa)…
So far are the digital projects of the federal government
Robert Habeck (left) and Volker Wissing The Economics Minister and the Digital and Transport Minister speak at the Digital Summit. (Photo: dpa) Berlin A look at the list of speakers…
This is what the traffic light coalition promises to business and consumers
Data is considered the treasure of the 21st century. Tech companies like Google and Meta have helped them to dominate the world, and secret services like the NSA stockpile them…
EU Commissioner Breton threatens Twitter boss Musk with license withdrawal
Thierry Breton The EU Commissioner is Musk’s worst adversary. (Photo: AP) Brussels The warning was clear: EU Commissioner Thierry Breton pointed out to Twitter boss Elon Musk in a video…
US government warns Germany about Huawei
Brussels, Berlin It was a first in the history of NATO: At the Madrid summit in the summer, the member states of the defense alliance decided on a strategic concept…
Germany needs more digitization – but how?
Due to the current economic situation, every third company wants to reduce investments in digitization in the coming year. This is the result of a representative survey by the digital…
How harmful is the Internet to the climate – and how can it become greener?
Dusseldorf Global data traffic doubles every 18 months. For a long time now, the Internet has not only been needed for video streaming or cloud services, refrigerators and lights can…
Questions & Answers on the 5G debate and the role of Huawei
Hamburg, Berlin, Brussels The debate about the Chinese technology group Huawei has been occupying German politics for three years now. In addition to smart smartphones and laptops, the company also…
The EU Commission wants corporations to share in network costs
Brussels In the future, Netflix should not only pay for the production of its series, but also for the data cables over which these series are streamed. This is what…
Dead spots are an embarrassing failure of the federal government
Workers on a cell phone tower A confusion of competences and approvals has hampered the expansion of mobile and fiber optic networks to this day. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) Former…