Deutsche Bahn chairman Dr. Richard Lutz made the promise in a press conference on Wednesday, where he announced a new partnership with German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom to improve the Wifi on trains by 2026. Deutsche Bahn’s rail network covers a total of 33,400 kilometers, 7,800 kilometers of which are major routes which are used by all ICE trains as well as main IC trains. Germany’s Deutsche Bahn to give online refunds for first timeDeutsche Telekom wants to supply these major routes with fast broadband by the end of 2024. The patchy signal along Germany’s railway networks has long been considered one of the weakest areas of the country’s telecommunications network. In 2015, the government insisted that the networks take action to improve the poor Wifi network on trains by 2019 – but the operators continue to drag their feet.

Source: The Local June 24, 2021 09:22 UTC