Germany – Telephone and data transmission services – Bereitstellung eines flächendeckenden Gigabit-Breitbandnetzes und Angebot breitbandiger Telekommunikationsdienste in unterversorgten Ortsgebieten der Gemeinde Oberthal (Dunkelgraue Flecken) im Wirtschaftlichkeitslückenmodell.

The Municipality of Oberthal (hereinafter: "Granting Authority") aims to provide comprehensive, high-performance access to Gigabit networks. Furthermore, the Granting Authority aims to strengthen its economic location and ensure the competitiveness of its companies. Therefore, a concession contract for the construction and operation of Gigabit networks as well as the provision of end-customer services in the areas specified below is to be concluded with a telecommunications company. The Granting Authority has submitted an application for funding under the Federal Government's "Promotion of the Gigabit Expansion of Telecommunications Networks in the Federal Republic of Germany - Gigabit Directive 2.0" and has been provisionally granted funding. The Granting Authority has also applied for co-financing of the federal funding in accordance with the "Directive on the Co-financing of the Federal Gigabit Funding in Saarland" ("Saarland Gigabit Co-financing Directive") and has been provisionally granted it. The funding is to be provided through an investment grant in the amount of the so-called economic viability gap, i.e. in the amount of the difference between the net present value of all revenues and the net present value of the costs for network construction and operation. For further details, please refer to the tender documents, which can be downloaded from https://www.dtvp.de/Satellite/notice/CXP4YKPM5ZB/documents.