Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) has provided a long-term financing of €35 million ($36 million) to the Communication Infrastructure Fund launched by Primevest Capital Partners. The loan is funded under the German government's KfW Digital Infrastructure program, which was launched to support the construction and expansion of the fiber-optic networks.  The project will expand open-access fiber-optic networks in the regions around Hanover, Leverkusen and Munster. An estimated 45,000 private households in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia will be supplied with Fiber-to.the-Home (FTTH) connections.