Broadband internet expansion is a topic of widespread discussion in Germany right now. But the country still has not met its own targets. Almost 100 percent of households are supplied with broadband connections with up to six megabits per second, yet Germany has lots of room to catch up when it...

The liberalisation and privatisation of network utilities lead to the establishment of regulatory regimes. On the national level, regulatory regimes not only include a highly visible single regulatory body, they also combine three institutions: a sector-specific regulatory agency, a ministry and...

Im Rahmen der Energieversorgung steht die Bundesnetzagentur verstärkt im Fokus der Öffentlichkeit. Dabei beschäftigt sich die Behörde nicht alleine mit Fragen der Energieversorgung. Hinzu treten Fragen der Netzinfrastrukturregulierung, die auch die Bereiche des Telekommunikations-, Post- und...