31.03.2022   News . Communication Infrastructure

High-speed gigabit internet for Tuniberg municipalities in Germany: Construction of fiber-optic network started

 
 
Good news in times of working from home and homeschooling: project partners Primevest Capital Partners and Vodafone Germany launch the rollout of a state-of-the-art fiber-optic network for about 5,300 households and businesses in the three municipalities of Opfingen, Munzingen and Tiengen around the Tuniberg near Freiburg. This was announced by Vodafone, Nokia and Primevest at the official launch of the project in Opfingen on March 30.
Good news in times of working from home and homeschooling: project partners Primevest Capital Partners and Vodafone Germany launch the rollout of a state-of-the-art fiber-optic network for about 5,300 households and businesses in the three municipalities of Opfingen, Munzingen and Tiengen around the Tuniberg near Freiburg. This was announced by Vodafone, Nokia and Primevest at the official launch of the project in Opfingen on March 30.

• High-speed internet for 5,300 households in Opfingen, Munzingen and Tiengen
• Pre-marketing of fiber-optics successfully completed – start of construction

Primevest Communication Infrastructure Fund (“PCIF) is financing the fiber roll-out, which will be built by Nokia. Vodafone operates the network, supplies the fiber-optic connections to the market, and provides services such as high-speed gigabit internet, television and telephony. Construction begins today in Ofingen. The municipalities of Munzingen and Tiengen will follow in a couple of weeks. All infrastructure work must be completed by the end of the year. Information about the fiber-optic project and progress on its installation will be published by Vodafone at www.vodafone.de/freiburg-tuniberg

Rolf-Peter Scharfe, Head of Fibre-Optic Cooperations at Vodafone Germany: “Expansion of the fiber-optic network has been given the go-ahead. We are pleased that, by way of this ambitious project, we can provide future-proof gigabit internet to many households and businesses in the three Tuniberg municipalities. Successful pre-marketing has shown that there is a pressing need for high-speed internet. With this infrastructure programme, Primevest and Vodafone ensure the region has the necessary connectivity to the future technologies of a gigabit society and provide access to digitisation.”

Bas van Dongen, Head of Communication Infrastructure at Primevest Capital Partners: “We are pleased that the effective cooperation between the municipalities, Nokia, Vodafone and Primevest has led to construction being started in these initial areas. The rollout in the Tuniberg municipalities is yet another fine example of Primevest’s successful investment strategy to provide future-proof and modern fiber-optic networks in Germany”.

Fiber-optic connections offer guaranteed bandwidth, greater reliability and security for the future
For the fiber-optic expansion in the municipalities of Opfingen, Munzingen and Tiengen the project partners have used what is known as “Fiber to the Home” technology (FTTH). In FTTH, every home is connected to the substations with its own fiber-optic cable. The benefit of this is that the bandwidth does not need to be shared with other households, so full capacity is always available. In addition, fiber-optic connections are more reliable than conventional copper connections because they are less susceptible to interference. Another benefit is that the technology is future-proof, because transmission can be increased to several gigabits per second, if necessary.

Gigabit for two-thirds of Germany’s inhabitants
The demand for high-speed gigabit internet connections is greater than ever, because data traffic will increase rapidly in the years ahead. To enable transmissions of these volumes of bits and bytes, high-performance internet connections are an absolute must for businesses and private households.

As a gigabit company, Vodafone is the driving force behind infrastructure expansion in Germany and has already reached more than 24 million households over their national fiber-optic network, of which approximately 23 million are at gigabit speeds. By the end of the year, Vodafone will provide two-thirds of Germany’s inhabitants with gigabit connections. In doing so, it relies on a technology mix of cable and fiber optics with an investment programme that not only improves the entire cable network in the present coverage area, but also with other programmes that boost fibre-optic expansion where it is most needed – in rural areas – both for the inhabitants and for the economy.

About Primevest Capital Partners
Primevest Capital Partners is a pan-European investment boutique that specialises in investments in innovative real assets. At Primevest Capital Partners, our vision is to help our clients to provide for their sustainable financial future by investing in the future of our cities in realising sustainable urban living, improving connectivity, and enabling mobility. Our investment philosophy and vision are energised by the current trend of urbanisation and the ability to fulfil the needs of modern metropolitan communities, while enhancing the quality and sustainability of people’s lives.

From our offices in Utrecht, Eindhoven and Berlin, a team of 70 professionals manage €3 billion in assets including sector-focused funds, individual institutional mandates and a number of funds targeting private investors as well as family offices following acquisition of the Holland Immo Group. Primevest Capital Partners is part of Primevest Capital Partners Holding B.V.

For more information, please to contact:

Primevest Capital Partners
Lisette van der Ham
Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications
T: +31 6 832 005 61
lisette.vanderham@primevestcp.com
www.primevestcp.com

Vodafone Germany

Vodafone is one of the largest communication networks. Every second inhabitant in Germany is a Vodafone customer – whether they surf on the internet, talk on the phone or watch TV, or whether they’ve installed Vodafone technology at the office, on the farm or in the factory. Vodafone networks connect Germany: not only among families and friends, but also politics, businesses and the wider community. They also help to keep crucial sectors running such as education and healthcare, especially in times of COVID-19.

The Düsseldorf-based company offers internet, mobile telephony, landline telephony and television from a single company. As a digitisation partner of the German economy, Vodafone’s customers include start-ups, SMEs and DAX stock exchange companies. Vodafone is the No. 1 in German mobile communications: no other company in Germany connects more people and machines over its mobile network. No other German company offers more gigabit connections on the landline network than the Düsseldorf firm. And no other company in the entire country has more television customers.

Having more than 30 million mobile telephone customers, almost 11 million broadband customers, more than 13 million television customers, and a host of digital solutions, with its approximately 16,000 employees, Vodafone Germany generates a total annual turnover of approximately €13 billion.

For more information: www.vodafone-deutschland.de or www.vodafone.com