2022
Award for Fiber Optic Network Expansion
City and municipal utilities honored by the Federal Association for Broadband Communication
With the quality seal ‘Genuine Fiber Optics,’ the Federal Association for Broadband Communication (BREKO) awarded Stadtwerke Jülich GmbH (SWJ), and the city of Jülich was honored for its pioneering role in fiber optic network expansion.
Roman Szrodzki, a consultant for municipal policy at BREKO, regarded the collaboration between SWJ and the city of Jülich in fiber optic network expansion as a success story and praised both for their efforts. Dr. Uwe Macharey, Technical Director of SWJ, expressed gratitude for the award: ‘We applied for participation, met the selection criteria, and are now pleased to receive the seal of ‘Genuine Fiber Optics.’ The award is intended to strengthen SWJ’s position as a competent point of contact regarding fiber optics in Jülich.
Mayor Axel Fuchs accepted the award on behalf of the city. He thanked the employees of the municipal utilities for their dedication and pointed out that the SWJ supervisory board had unanimously decided to invest in the expansion of the fiber optic network in Jülich. ‘Digitalization means the freedom to complete tasks, for example, at home. For us as a city, it is an important argument that people and businesses choose us,’ said Axel Fuchs.
