bgc — BG Communications GmbH

infrastructure, rethought — together with the municipalities.

This is the founding idea behind BGC: fibre isn't built for a region — it's built with it. In cooperation with municipalities and local authorities we plan, build and operate open networks — and this partnership is exactly why we succeed: high take-up rates and infrastructure that stays rooted in the community.

the project in numbers.

Fibre is an infrastructure investment: high upfront capital, stable recurring revenue over decades. These four figures carry the business model.

Investment volume €75m through 2027, Braunau region

Fibre network >1,000 km route network in the region

Households 30,000 served by mid-2027

Take-up rate >60 % active contracts per connectable address

the backbone of the project.

Behind BGC are not anonymous funds but entrepreneurs and executives who have built, scaled and made rural fibre networks successful before — in Austria, in Spain and across Europe. They carry the project with capital, experience and their names.

Mario Treiblmair

Co-CEO & shareholder · Co-founder of Kabel Braunau

Mario Treiblmair has been building networks in the Braunau district for decades. As co-founder and managing director of Kabel Braunau GmbH, he grew the company into one of the region's leading broadband providers — with several hundred kilometres of its own fibre infrastructure.

Since Kabel Braunau and BG Communications joined forces in 2024, he has led BGC as Co-CEO and remains a shareholder. He stands for what cannot be imported: local knowledge, long-grown relationships with municipalities and partners — and the trust of the people whose homes the network reaches.

until 2024Co-founder & managing director, Kabel Braunau GmbH
2024Merger of Kabel Braunau × BG Communications
todayCo-CEO & shareholder, BG Communications GmbH

Johan Andsjö

Non-executive director · Industrial advisor

Johan Andsjö is one of Europe's most experienced telecom executives. His career began at Telia in Sweden in 1995; in 1998 he helped launch the mobile operator TESS in Brazil. As CEO he led the Spanish operator Yoigo from market entry until 2012 — making it the country's fourth mobile network operator.

Since then he has guided telecom companies from the owner's side: as chairman of Adamo Telecom Iberia, as industrial advisor to EQT, on the advisory board of Melita (Malta) and the board of Odido (Netherlands). Since 2024 he brings this experience to BGC as a non-executive director — the knowledge of how regional networks become lastingly successful companies.

1995Career start at Telia, Sweden
1998Launch of mobile operator TESS, Brazil
until 2012CEO Yoigo, Spain
since 2017Industrial advisor, EQT · Chairman, Adamo Telecom Iberia
since 2024Non-executive director, BG Communications GmbH

Fredrik Gillström

Investor · Founder of Adamo Telecom

Fredrik Gillström founded his first company at 16 — and with Adamo Telecom became the pioneer of rural fibre in Spain. Adamo was the first provider in the country to launch 100 Mbit/s, 300 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit/s, proving that fibre-to-the-home pays off beyond the big cities.

In 2016 the investor EQT acquired Adamo — Gillström reinvested, led the company as CEO until the end of 2019 and stayed engaged as a shareholder; in 2021 Adamo was sold to Ardian. His model — connecting rural regions with fibre, profitably — is the blueprint BGC follows in the Braunau region.

2004Founded Adamo in Sweden
2007Market entry in Spain — building the rural FTTH network
2016EQT investment — founder re-invested
until 2019CEO Adamo Telecom, then shareholder
todayInvestor, BG Communications GmbH

the 50erl.

"50erl" is Austrian for a 50-cent coin. Take-up decides whether a fibre network succeeds — and trust in the community decides take-up. That's why BGC is rooted where its customers live.

For every active contract, BGC donates 50 cents to the organisations that carry the region: 40 cents to the local volunteer fire brigades, 10 cents to the Red Cross.

What carries weight in the village gets recommended — local partnerships aren't a marketing add-on, they're the key to the project's success.

one network. every provider.

BGC builds and operates the passive infrastructure — and opens it to all service providers. That's good for customers, and it's good for the investment.

Free choice of provider

Customers choose their internet provider freely — and can switch providers without switching networks.

Recurring revenue

Providers lease access to the network. BGC earns predictable, long-term infrastructure revenue — independent of any single retail product.

Higher utilisation

An open network wins more contracts than a closed one: providers competing on shared infrastructure drive take-up.

three ways into the network.

The network grows with its partners. Depending on who you are, there's a dedicated way into the project.

For municipalities

Joint roll-out planning, transparent communication during construction and a network that stays rooted in the community — including the 50erl partnership.

For service providers

Open access to the passive infrastructure — on clear, transparent terms for every provider.

For investors

A stake in a long-term infrastructure asset with recurring revenue — we'll present the model and terms in person.

let's talk.

We'd be happy to walk you through the figures, the investment model and the roll-out plan in person.

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