Federal Office for Approvals in Telecommunications
# Federal Office for Approvals in Telecommunications

The Federal Office for Approvals in Telecommunications (German: Bundesamt für Zulassungen in der Telekommunikation, BZT) was a federal agency in Germany responsible for approving telecommunication devices. It was seated in Saarbrücken.

## History

The BZT was founded in 1982.

## Criticism

Because cheap modems from the United States were banned, the Chaos Computer Club published schematics of modems. The Datenklo [de] became well known.

