Streets (cat. B/L)

As part of the basic coverage obligations of the award of 700/1500/2100 MHz, the operators are obliged to provide street coverage.
Streets are divided into categories B (former "Bundestrassen") and L (former "Landesstrassen").

The streets and their categorization are defined in appendix J.3 (cat. B, green) and appendix J.4 (cat L, blue) of the frequency allocation (GIS geopackages). 

Anhang J4/J5 Straßen B/L
Appendix J3/J4: Coverage obligation streets B/L © CC BY 4.0 / basemap.at
Coverage obligation streets
BandDate from
CoverageDownlinkUplink
700 MHz
2023-12-3190% of street kilometers (Sum of B+L)
10 MBit/s
1 MBit/s
700 MHz
2025-12-3175% of street kilometers cat. B
Consistent, uninterrupted coverage
700 MHz
2025-12-3170% of street kilometers cat. L
Consistent, uninterrupted coverage
700 MHz
2028-12-3190% of street kilometers cat. B
Consistent, uninterrupted coverage
700 MHz
2028-12-3180% of street kilometers cat. L
Consistent, uninterrupted coverage