Another important technological milestone was the leasing of our own dark fiber, but above all the operation of our own DWDM systems on the routes. Only then did true scalability, maximum control, and independent network expansion become possible. Ulrich, Head of Network and IT Operations, looks back on the year

There was a turning point in the 20-year history of Core-Backbone GmbH that changed a great deal. As company founder Daniel recalls: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘦-𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘹 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘹 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

“𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩.” says Ulrich Köhler, Head of Network and IT Operations. With each new location, routing complexity, redundancy requirements, and the need for clean BGP policies grew.What began as a local

According to CEO and founder Daniel, there wasn’t really a single moment when it became clear that “things were getting serious.” But when the first major clients started reaching out, it became clear what expectations were on the table. Enthusiasm turned into responsibility: It was no longer just about a

What seems obvious today was severely limited by infrastructure back then.The biggest technical hurdle was clear: “𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨”, recalls Ulrich, who has been with the company as network manager from the very beginning. This led to intensive discussions and a great deal of planning