Prof. Dr. Thomas Fetzer to Appear as an Expert Before the German Bundestag

Porträtbild von Prof. Dr. Thomas Fetzer. Er trägt einen Anzug.

The German Bundestag’s Committee on Digital Affairs and State Modernization has invited professor of law Thomas Fetzer to a public hearing.

This text was translated from German by AI / DeepL Pro.

On Wednesday, 4 November, an expert hearing will be held in the German Bundestag in Berlin on the federal government’s draft bill for a law to “Amend the Telecommunications Act and Improve the Telecommunications Regulatory Framework for the Expansion of Telecommunications Networks.” The Committee on Digital Affairs and State Modernization has invited Prof. Dr. Thomas Fetzer, professor of Public Law, Regulatory Law and Tax Law, as well as President of the University of Mannheim, to serve as an expert witness.

A central theme of the draft bill is the future legal framework intended to support the nationwide expansion of fiber-optic networks. Fetzer has advised the committees of the German Bundestag as an expert on several occasions, most recently in October 2024 before the Committee on Digital Affairs during the hearing on the Act to Accelerate the Expansion of Telecommunications Networks.

The session will be streamed on the German Bundestag’s website. Further information can be found on the website of the Committee on Digital Affairs and State Modernization.

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