BREKO Bundesverband Breitbandkommunikation e.V., a privately owned entity headquartered in Germany, was founded in 1999 and operates with approximately 50 employees. The association functions as a fiber optic association with 540 member companies, promoting competition in the German telecommunications market. Its members are committed to fiber optics and are responsible for more than half of the fiber optic rollout in Germany. Over 260 telecommunications network operators organized within the association provide both metropolitan areas and rural regions with fiber optic connections.