25.04.2023   News . Communication Infrastructure

Partnership project kicks off: A modern fiber-optic network is being installed in Rösrath, Germany

 
 
Kleineichen, located east of Cologne, is the first district that is ready for it; as part of the partnership between Open German Fiber (Primevest Capital Partners, MEAG and ÄVWL ) and novanetz, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections are being installed. Anyone in Kleineichen who has concluded an agreement with novanetz during the preliminary marketing phase will receive an order confirmation shortly.
Kleineichen, located east of Cologne, is the first district that is ready for it; as part of the partnership between Open German Fiber (Primevest Capital Partners, MEAG and ÄVWL ) and novanetz, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections are being installed. Anyone in Kleineichen who has concluded an agreement with novanetz during the preliminary marketing phase will receive an order confirmation shortly.

Those who have not yet submitted an agreement should do so now in order to benefit from the free installation of a fiber-optic connection. Now it’s up to all the residents of Forsbach to play their part. When about 40% of the residents in the area have signed a pre-agreement for a novanetz internet product, the fiber-optic network financed by Open German Fiber will also be installed free of charge in Forsbach, without any installation costs for the residents. To reach this volume, agreements can be submitted until 30 June 2023.

“We welcome and support the willingness of Open German Fiber and novanetz to have a sustainable broadband network installed here in Rösrath. In the first phase, it is up to the residents in Kleineichen and Forsbach to play their part. Seize this opportunity for a future-proof Rösrath”, says Mayor Bondina Schulze.

In order to ensure a reliable fiber-optic internet connection for every household, a fiber-optic network must be installed throughout the area. This state-of-the-art network operates independently of the commonly used copper and cable technology and involves a switch of technology. This means that attempts will no longer be made to get more out of a technology than is physically possible. A completely new infrastructure is being created, or rather, a supply network, which extends through the neighbourhoods and suburbs and connects every household with its own fiber-optic cable.

To make the installation possible, we need the support of the residents. In other projects, we have seen that there are often a few neighbours who are actively committed to meeting the quota. “It is very important that the creation of fiber optics on site becomes the number one topic of conversation for a few weeks”, emphasizes Dennis Kornehl, director of novanetz GmbH & Co. KG.

When the quota is reached in the preliminary marketing phase, Open German Fiber, the partnership between MEAG, Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe and Primevest Capital Partners, invests in the passive communications network, while the main contractor German Fiber Solution (GFS) arranges the network. The provider, novanetz, then operates the active fiber-optic network.

The goal of all partners is to build a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network in large parts of the municipality of Rösrath in the coming years, thus enabling access to fiber optics for all citizens”, says Klaus Leckelt, Senior Acquisitions Manager at Primevest.

After the successful start of this first project, the idea is to include subsequent neighbourhoods in the preliminary marketing phase and to expand them in a timely manner.

More information about the project and the possibility to register directly is available at www.glasfaser-roesrath.de. Information and documentation can also be requested via info@novanetz.de, www.novanetz.de or by telephone at 0511 9999 8038.

 

About Primevest Capital Partners
Primevest Capital Partners is a pan-European investment boutique that specializes 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 realizing sustainable urban living, improving connectivity, and enabling mobility. Our investment philosophy and vision are energized by the current trend of urbanization 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 around 70 professionals manage more than €3 billion in real assets across 12 European countries 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. The complementary brands joined forces in 2021 to grow their market position, network and to strengthen each other. Through this, we are able to provide a sustainable financial future to a larger and more diverse client base. The group initiated a total of over 60 funds, of which 28 are currently active. Primevest Capital Partners is part of Primevest Capital Partners Holding B.V.

For more information, please 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

Contact at municipality of Rösrath:
Daniel Jan Moch
Broadband Coordinator
Tel.: +49 (0) 2205 802 404
DanielJan.Moch@roesrath.de
www.roesrath.de

About novanetz
novanetz is an internet service provider that is specialised in fibre-optic products, which are available when the fibre-optic network is connected in the home. The company offers high-speed internet products that can unleash the enormous potential of new fibre-optic technology with modern, contemporary download and upload speeds that are not achieved by conventional technologies such as DSL or VDSL. Together with their partners, novanetz is actively contributing to the federal government’s efforts to provide direct fibre-optic connections in regions which are not currently connected to an FTTH network. novanetz works with partners such as local energy companies, construction companies or municipalities in the construction and operation of the fibre-optic infrastructure.

Press contact at novanetz GmbH & Co. KG:
Dennis Kornehl
Director
Tel.: +49 (0) 511 9999 8035
presse@novanetz.de
www.novanetz.de

About MEAG
MEAG is the asset manager of the Munich Re Group. With their presence in Europe, Asia and North America, they offer their extensive know-how to institutional investors and private clients. MEAG currently manages assets worth approximately €307 billion, of which €55 billion is for private and institutional investor

Press contact at MEAG:
Dr. Josef Wild
Press spokesman
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 2489 2072
jwild@meag.com
www.meag.com

About GFS  
GFS is a skilled team with 20 years’ worth of experience in the field of fibre-optic network construction. Since the start of privatisation in the telecom sector, GFS has supervised all relevant projects for construction in Germany. GFS boasts a high-quality portfolio of projects covering both project planning as well as its execution and documentation. Due to its many years of experience, successfully completed projects as the main contractor, and not least through its close contacts with other communications companies, GFS knows exactly what the turnkey delivery of projects and networks is all about.