📋 Tender Overview
October 10, 2025
Our goal in Bavaria is gigabit in every home! We are once again taking a big step closer to this goal! A modern digital infrastructure is the cornerstone of equal living conditions in the city and the country and determines the future viability of the municipalities. The Free State of Bavaria has been heavily committed to this on a voluntary basis for years in order to push forward the fiber optic expansion for its citizens in the best possible way. The Free State and municipalities for this Actively pulling together to achieve a common goal shows the strong commitment within the framework of the Bavarian Gigabit Funding. Today, 10 municipalities from Swabia, Middle Franconia, Upper Franconia, Upper Bavaria and Lower Bavaria as well as a school and a town hall from Upper Bavaria receive a total of over 11.1 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 924 million euros in funding have 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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