Communicate congestion-free via high-tech data highways

In FrankfurtRhineMain it is not just traffic and money that flow in every possible direction. Data also speed across innovative data highways from here out into the great wide world. Frankfurt am Main is the center of telecommunications. It has unique data networks and telecommunicative infrastructures. This is due, on the one hand, to the fact that nearly all leading international telephone companies are represented in Frankfurt am Main. On the other hand, stock exchange and financial deals are transacted here every day, and they require immense high-speed data link resources.

Frankfurt am Main – where telecommunications intersect

  • The international leaders in telecommunications are represented with branch offices in Frankfurt am Main, as are the national and international industry associations.
  • More than 250 telecommunications companies and internet providers are represented in the FrankfurtRhineMain region.
  • Data traffic in Frankfurt am Main is continually growing. To be able to meet these demands both now and in the long term, a fiber optic network spanning 700 km has been installed in the stock exchange and financial center, in addition to the Deutsche Telekom network.
  • The German internet exchange De-CIX (Deutsche Commercial Internet Exchange) processes more than 90 % of all German and 35 % of all European internet traffic.
  • DENIC, the central registry of top level domains, is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.
  • Germany's first and Europe's third root servers opened in Frankfurt am Main.
  • hessen-it is the central point of contact for the information technology and telecommunications industry in the state of Hesse.