“In 2025, the Gigabit march route must be called instead of copper wire,” said Marcel de Groot, CEO of Vodafone Germany, the Focus. The “decades-old copper privilege of Telekom” has to end, and the “DSL snail internet” had to be retired. In the future, every DSL connection must be replaced by gigabit internet, the Vodafone Germany boss demanded.
“With current politics, the Gigabitziele 2030 are clearly missed”
Andreas Pfisterer, CEO of the Deutsche Glasfaser group of companies, also warns more speed. “The new government has to work on numerous construction sites, because with current politics, the Gigabitziele 2030 is clearly missed”. Specifically, Pfisterer called for “more political creative will and fair framework conditions for the expansion competition”. This is the only way to come back to economic strength and prosperity.
Timo von Lepel, CEO of the telecommunications provider Netcologne, also called for copper to switch to glass. “Now the course has to be expanded for the expansion of the fiber optic network in Germany,” he said. Because the data consumption of Germans will be quinted by 2030, forecast by Lepel.
