The Local Germany

EXPLAINED: How Germany is finally set to improve Wifi and phone signal on trains

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:58:20 +0200

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn says it will seriously improve the country's notoriously patchy Wifi and phone signal on trains. How will it get up to speed?

Germany moves closer to password-free WiFi for all

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 17:00:38 +0100

The German government is taking steps to encourage Germans to share their WiFi connections, so that the country can finally catch up to rivals in the race towards universal digitalization.

This map of Berlin Wi-Fi names is oddly addictive

Mon, 08 Aug 2016 13:50:43 +0200

An Italian expat explains how he managed to map and analyze some of the capital city's most colourful Wi-Fi names.

Church tower Wi-Fi 'Godspots' to bring word from on high

Thu, 19 May 2016 11:12:22 +0200

Boredom during long sermons could soon be a thing of the past in Berlin and Brandenburg as the Protestant Church plans to install Wi-Fi hotspots in its 3,000 churches.

New law could let free Wi-Fi bloom in Germany

Wed, 11 May 2016 12:58:43 +0200

Germany's government is set to finally loosen restrictive rules that have turned businesses off offering free Wi-Fi, media reported on Wednesday.

Free train wifi on track for 2016

Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:20:00 +0100

Deutsche Bahn (DB) plans to equip all its ICE trains with free wifi by 2016, the head of the national rail operator said on Wednesday.

Fourth time lucky for free Berlin WiFi?

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:20:00 +0200

Berlin's bid to set up a free city-wide wireless network has so far come to nothing. But city bosses are now trying for a fourth time - and hope to have the project running next year.

Berlin threatens to pull plug on free WiFi plan

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:01:00 +0200

A plan to provide free wireless internet across Berlin is on the verge of being taken offline, daily newspaper Berliner Morgenpost reported this week.

Berlin's public WiFi project rankles tech industry

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:33:00 +0100

A scheme to provide free wireless internet in the centre of Berlin has the German tech industry worried about its potential commercial impact. But city officials remain keen despite setbacks for municipal WiFi elsewhere.