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Press Release, 10 September 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

SAFENet Expands: New members join European router and network technology alliance
<\/strong>Five companies from four countries join the alliance for Europe’s technological sovereignty<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Berlin, 10 September 2026 \u2013 The Sovereignty Alliance for European Network Technology (SAFENet) welcomes five new members: Genexis, IPmotion, MB connect line, Teldat and Waystream. The alliance is growing rapidly, expanding from four to nine European net-work technology companies just a few weeks after its founding. With this growth, the alliance significantly broadens its European base. The new members bring expertise in mobile routers, fibre access, optical networks, enterprise networks, cybersecurity and home networking solutions. Their shared goal: to strengthen Europe’s technological ca-pacity to act \u2013 and to ensure that European network technology is given the weight it deserves in Brussels and in national capitals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five companies bring SAFENet not only additional technological expertise, but also a broad-er European perspective \u2013 further strengthening its commitment to digital sovereignty. With loca-tions in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Spain, the new members significantly expand SAFENet’s geographical and technological reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together with founding members devolo, FRITZ!, Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecu-rity (formerly LANCOM Systems) and TDT, the alliance now covers an even larger share of Europe’s network infrastructure, spanning the entire connectivity landscape \u2013 from home, enter-prise and industrial networks to mobile applications and the networks of telecommunications providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nine European companies \u2013 one common voice<\/strong>
The expansion also underlines that digital sovereignty is not determined by a single product or an isolated network segment. To achieve it, Europe needs its own high-performance providers, its own development and manufacturing capabilities, and resilient supply chains along the entire technological value chain. SAFENet pools precisely this industry expertise and brings it into the debate with policymakers, business and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan Oetjen, SAFENet Chairman and CEO of FRITZ!:<\/strong> „With Genexis, IPmotion, MB connect line, Teldat and Waystream, we are gaining five strong European technology companies. The fact that they are joining SAFENet shows just how great the need is for a common European voice in the field of network technology. The more capabilities and markets we bring together within SAFENet, the more effectively we can advocate for Europe retaining control over its digi-tal infrastructure and being able to shape its own technological future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five New Members with Complementary Expertise<\/strong>
The new members bring a range of complementary strengths across network infrastructure:
\u2022 Genexis (Netherlands\/Sweden):<\/strong> The broadband specialist develops fibre termination and home networking solutions \u2013 from ONTs and residential gateways to extenders and man-agement software.
\u2022 IPmotion (Germany):<\/strong> The manufacturer develops mobile internet access and router solu-tions for rail and road transport, public safety and other mobile applications.
\u2022 MB connect line (Germany):<\/strong> The manufacturer develops secure remote access solutions, industrial routers, and OT security gateways for the secure connection, remote mainte-nance, and segmentation of machines, systems, and industrial networks.
\u2022 Teldat (Spain):<\/strong> The provider develops router, SD-WAN, 5G and cybersecurity solutions for businesses, public institutions and critical infrastructure.
\u2022 Waystream (Sweden):<\/strong> The company develops access switches and routers for the fibre networks of municipal networks and network operators in Northern and Central Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giving European network technology greater priority<\/strong>
SAFENet is committed to establishing router and network technology as a strategic component of European sovereignty policy. This includes greater transparency regarding the origin, devel-opment and applicable legal jurisdiction of hardware, firmware and updates, stronger considera-tion of trustworthy European technology in public procurement, and a harmonised risk assess-ment for network devices. At the same time, Europe needs a regulatory framework that strengthens its own development and manufacturing capacities in international competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With its expansion, SAFENet can champion these priorities from an even broader technological and geographical base. The alliance remains open to further European manufacturers of net-work technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Press Release, 24 June 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

93% of Europe’s Internet Traffic Flows Through Routers \u2013 Yet No One Is Paying Attention: Study Demands Action on Digital Sovereignty<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Sovereignty Alliance for European Network Technology (SAFENet), together with the Innovate Europe Foundation (IE.F) and Berlin-based consultancy iconomy, publishes a new foundational study<\/a> revealing that 93% of European internet traffic flows through routers and yet the EU has no sovereignty framework for this key component of the digital ecosystem. Meanwhile, Chinese manufacturers already control 37% of the market.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Europe debates sovereignty in AI, cloud, or chips, a central element of digital infrastructure remains largely overlooked: the router. Whether in the family living room or on the network of a small or medium-sized enterprise, 93% of internet traffic in Europe flows through it. By comparison, mobile connectivity accounts for only around 7%. Yet routers receive no comparable political attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A newly published study<\/a> shows: routers represent one of the greatest untapped levers for Europe’s digital sovereignty and activating it is among the most impactful and easiest-to-implement measures of the current legislative term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concentrated Dependency with Security Risks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the IE.F study, Chinese manufacturers such as ZTE, Huawei, TP-Link, Xiaomi, and Tenda already control around 37% of home networking devices in the EU, giving them theoretical access to an estimated 95 million European households. Overall, more than half of all router and repeater installations in Europe come from vendors based outside the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This dependency is not merely a question of market structure, it is a matter of security. Since the router sits upstream of every device on the network, a single compromised router opens a window into the entire digital activity of a household or business. The study identifies three core risks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n