On Friday 29 November, the European Commission approved a Bavarian scheme to deploy very high capacity networks in Bavaria.
The Bavarian regime aims to develop a new, publicly funded, very high-capacity connectivity infrastructure that will deliver a faster Internet to households, companies and public institutions in Bavaria. The new network will be capable of offering speeds of 200 megabits per second (Mbps) for households and 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) for companies and public institutions.
The Bavarian gigabit scheme is in line with the strategic objectives of the Gigabit Communication, as it allows for public investment in areas where the new 2025 targets are not yet met.
At the same time, it protects incentives for private investments, which are needed in order to achieve full coverage with very high capacity connectivity networks in Europe. The German authorities will take into account existing investments: - the infrastructure will connect customers that don't have access to certain minimum speeds yet: 100 Mbps download for households; 200 Mbps symmetric (upload and download) or more than 500 Mbps download for companies; - the new networks will not be deployed where a very high capacity network is already in place. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)