📋 Tender Overview
October 24, 2025
Bavarias fiber optic network is being expanded at high speed! Digital infrastructure is now an integral part of everyday life and an absolute basic requirement for almost every professional activity. High-performance networks have long been the gateway to the world of our entire digital everyday life. The Free State of Bavaria has been heavily committed on a voluntary basis for years to promote fiber optic expansion for its citizens in the best possible way. That The Free State and municipalities are actively pulling together to achieve this common goal shows the strong commitment within the framework of the Bavarian Gigabit Funding. Today, 8 municipalities and a middle school from Swabia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia, Upper Bavaria and Upper Palatinate receive a total of over 2.4 million euros in funding, says Finance and Home Affairs Minister Albert Furacker.
With the Bavarian Gigabit Directive, the Free State of Bavaria has paved the way - as the first region in the European Union - to promote fiber optic expansion even where a network operator already offers at least 30 Mbit/s (so-called grey spots). 1,457 municipalities have entered the funding process, and over 933 million euros in funding has already been promised to the municipalities through gigabit funding. After the ongoing projects are put into operation, 82 percent of all Bavarian households will soon have gigabit connectivity. Bavarias ambitious goal is: gigabit throughout Bavaria.
Currently, more than 99 percent of households across Bavaria have fast Internet according to the EU definition (over 30 Mbit/s). As part of Bavarian broadband funding, the Free State of Bavaria has already invested over 2.6 billion euros since 2014. This means that more than 107,000 kilometers of fiber optics will be laid in Bavaria. Within the framework of their municipal planning sovereignty, the municipalities decide on the use of a funding process and the scope of the funding areas.
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