Breitbandnetz

What Breitbandnetz does

Breitbandnetz GmbH & Co. KG (BNG) is a privately held, community-owned regional telecommunications operator headquartered in Breklum, Germany, that owns and operates a passive fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network serving approximately 50 municipalities across the Ämter Mittleres Nordfriesland, Südtondern, and the Gemeinde Reußenköge in the North Frisia district of Schleswig-Holstein. Founded in 2010 as a community response to incumbent operators' refusal to build out fiber in this rural region, the company had connected more than 20,000 homes and businesses and achieved full regional coverage by May 2022. The legal form is a GmbH & Co. KG with approximately 130 shareholders comprising municipalities, Bürgerwindparks, HanseWerk AG, and regional energy companies, and Daniel Pastewka serves as Managing Director.

BNG's core asset is its passive FTTH infrastructure: fiber is laid directly into each building, with redundant ring connectivity back to the Hamburg internet exchange point and symmetric speeds up to 1 Gbps. The company does not sell directly to end customers. Instead it operates a wholesale-only model, providing passive infrastructure access to retail service providers — principally nordischnet (GVG Glasfaser GmbH) and, since March 2019, Stadtwerke Flensburg — which deliver internet, VoIP telephony, and IPTV services to residential and business end users. Complementary revenue lines include dark-fiber rentals to enterprise customers who supply their own transmission equipment, dedicated business connections with SLAs and fixed IP addresses, and one-time connection or activation fees (minimum €1,500) for properties requesting fiber after the free marketing window has closed.

BNG is currently executing a €38 million outer-area expansion, financed primarily through federal and state broadband subsidies administered via the Breitband-Zweckverband Nordfriesland-Nord (BZV), extending fiber to roughly 2,770 additional households. The cooperative ethos ("Dann machen wir es eben selbst!") and alignment with regional political stakeholders underpin the company's preferential access to public funding and its structurally protected position as the sole FTTH operator in Nordfriesland.

Name

Breitbandnetz

Legal name

Breitbandnetz GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://breitbandnetzgesellschaft.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Breitbandnetz GmbH & Co. KG is a community-owned German fiber-to-the-home operator in North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, serving more than 20,000 residential and business connections across approximately 50 municipalities through a wholesale infrastructure model leased to retail service providers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fiber Optic Telecommunications Infrastructure

NAICS

Wired Telecommunications Carriers (517111), Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (51711)

SIC

Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) (4813)

akta.pro primary industry

Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Operators (HDAIACAB)

Keywords

• Fiber optic network
• FTTH services
• Wholesale broadband
• Dark fiber leasing
• Telecom infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Breklum

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Network Infrastructure Access Fees: BNG charges service providers (nordischnet, Stadtwerke Flensburg) for access to its passive fiber network. These providers then sell internet, telephone, and TV packages to end customers. BNG operates as a neutral wholesale network operator.
2. Dark Fiber Rental: BNG rents unbundled fiber strands to business customers who operate their own transmission equipment. Pricing is based on the route distance and connection length requested. This is a monthly recurring fee.
3. Connection / Activation Fees: BNG charges property owners for late/retroactive fiber connection requests after the free marketing window has closed. These follow-up connections cost at least €1,500 per connection.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Breitbandnetz Gesellschaft operates a regional wholesale Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) passive network across approximately 50 municipalities in Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The company delivers fiber optic infrastructure directly to homes, businesses, and multi-dwelling buildings, then leases access to retail service providers (nordischnet, Stadtwerke Flensburg) who sell internet, telephone, and IPTV to end customers. BNG also rents unbundled dark fiber strands directly to enterprise customers and offers business-grade fiber connections with fixed IP addresses and redundancy.

Product overview

Breitbandnetz Gesellschaft (BNG) operates a regional fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network infrastructure in Nordfriesland, Germany. The company's core product is its passive fiber optic network, which delivers high-speed internet connectivity to residential, business, and multi-family customers across approximately 50 municipalities. BNG's fiber network serves as the foundation for multiple service providers (nordischnet and Stadtwerke Flensburg) who offer internet, telephony, and TV services over the infrastructure. Additional products include dark fiber connections for enterprise customers requiring dedicated unbundled fiber, business-specific connections with enhanced SLAs and redundancy, and TV services over fiber. The company was founded in 2010 and reached 20,000 connections by May 2022, with ongoing expansion to rural outer areas through the Breitband-Zweckverband Nordfriesland-Nord initiative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FTTH Fiber Network (Glasfasernetz) Passive Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network infrastructure that BNG builds, owns, and operates across approximately 50 municipalities in Nordfriesland, providing high-speed internet connectivity directly to residential, business, and multi-dwelling customers. The network supports symmetric bandwidths up to 1 Gbps, redundant backhaul to the Hamburg IX, and serves as the foundation for retail service providers and direct enterprise customers.
• Dark-Fiber-Anbindungen (Dark Fiber Connections) Unbundled, unlit fiber strand rentals for business customers that need to connect their own sites or run individual applications. BNG provides the dark fiber only; customers provide their own transmission equipment and are responsible for data transmission. Monthly recurring fees are calculated based on requested route/distance with individual quotes provided on request.
• Geschäftskundenanschluss (Business Customer Connection) Dedicated fiber connections for business customers with enhanced SLAs, fixed IP addresses, plant/facility connections, and virtual telephone system support, backed by redundant network connectivity for high availability. Targeted at companies and self-employed professionals in the Nordfriesland region requiring reliable, symmetric, high-bandwidth connections for business operations.
• TV über Glasfaser (TV over Fiber) Television services delivered over BNG's fiber network and offered to end customers through the retail service providers nordischnet and Stadtwerke Flensburg. Provides weather-independent reception quality compared to satellite or cable TV, alongside internet and VoIP telephony bundles.
• Provider Service – nordischnet (GVG Glasfaser) Retail internet, VoIP telephony, and IPTV packages offered by GVG Glasfaser GmbH under the nordischnet brand over BNG's FTTH network, with service office in Niebüll and customer hotline. Targeted at residential and SMB end customers in the BNG coverage area.
• Provider Service – Stadtwerke Flensburg (Förde-Flat) Förde-Flat internet (up to 200 Mbit/s), flatrate telephony to German and Danish landlines, and TV packages with 200+ programs offered by Stadtwerke Flensburg over BNG's FTTH network. Stadtwerke Flensburg brings 25+ years of fiber operating experience (since 1998).

Quantifiable outcome

• 20,000 FTTH connections completed and operational as of May 2022
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stadtwerke FlensburgcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 March 2019Stadtwerke Flensburg joined BNG's network as the second retail service provider in March 2019, offering Förde-Flat internet, telephone, and TV products over BNG's fiber infrastructure. They bring 25+ years of fiber operating experience (since 1998) and offer customer-friendly terms including 12-month minimum contracts and service in Plattdeutsch and Danish.
• nordischnet (GVG Glasfaser GmbH)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 March 2019Nordischnet, a brand of GVG Glasfaser GmbH based in Kiel, has been BNG's primary internet service provider since the network launch, offering internet, VoIP, and IPTV packages. Nordischnet operates a service office in Niebüll and a customer hotline (0800-9070070), and also conducts door-to-door sales campaigns in BNG's service area.
• Breitband-Zweckverband Nordfriesland-Nord (BZV)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010The Breitband-Zweckverband Nordfriesland-Nord is a municipal broadband association founded in 2016 by the Ämter Mittleres Nordfriesland and Südtondern to fund and manage the expansion of fiber to outer/rural areas (~2,770 households, 3,100+ units). BNG operates the passive fiber network built by BZV. The partnership involves €38 million in construction costs funded by federal and state subsidies, with BNG taking over network operations.
• ComServ-Nord (Leck)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional field sales partner based in Leck representing nordischnet in BNG's service area. Provides on-the-ground sales consultation and contract signing support.
• Elektro Behrmann Kommunikations- und Gebäudetechnik (Bredstedt)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional field sales partner based in Bredstedt representing nordischnet. Provides on-the-ground sales consultation, contract signing, and technical consultation for fiber connections in BNG's service area.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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