Germany sees altnet investment decline amidst financing challenges

Cameron Page2026-09-09T15:36:00

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Trade organisation BREKO flags 2025 as having the first decrease in annual altnet fibre investment since 2017, marking the latest sign of financial struggle for national fibrecos.

This article includes:

Organisations: 3i Infrastructure; Allianz; Altice; BREKO; Deutsche GigaNetz; Deutsche Glasfaser; DNS:NET; EQT; Eurofiber Netz; EWE; FTTH Conference; Glasfaser Nordwest; GlasfaserPlus; IFM Investors; ING Wholesale Banking; M-net; metrofibre; MIH Management; mih Net Berlin; NetCologne; OXG Glasfaser; Omers; Ruhrfibre; Société Générale; Telefónica; Telekom Deutschland; Unsere Grüne Glasfaser; Vodafone; Westconnect.
Geographies: Asia-Pacific; Australia; Europe; Germany; United Kingdom (UK).
People: Jeroen Kleinjan.
Themes: altnet; asset depreciation rules; borrowing costs; broadband infrastructure; capex; churn; competition; debt facilities; debt maturity; efficiency gains; fibre expansion; fibre investment; fibre rollout; financing challenges; fixed broadband; government funding; infrastructure investment; insolvency; joint venture; last-mile connections; market analysis; materials costs; network operators; overbuild; premises passed; pre-connecting; regulatory changes; take-up; tax windfall; telecommunications market; write-down.

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