Infrastructure element for a surface of a traffic route for providing electric power for an electrically operated vehicle, wherein the infrastructure element is set up for communication with a mobile radio network and a server , wherein the server is arranged in the mobile radio network and is set up to check a second subscriber identification of a user and to send an enable signal to the infrastructure element in the event of a positive check result, having: a subscriber identity module having a first subscriber identification for identifying the infrastructure element in the mobile radio network; a communication interface , which is designed to receive the second subscriber identification of a user, wherein the user is identifiable in the mobile radio network by the second subscriber identification; a mobile radio interface , which is designed to transmit the received second subscriber identification of the user to the server via the mobile radio network and to receive the enable signal from the server ; a first electrical connection , which is electrically connectable to a power supply network in order to supply the infrastructure element with electric power; a second electrical connection , which is designed to provide electric power for the electrically operated vehicle; and a switching element , which is designed to respond to the reception of the enable signal by electrically connecting the first electrical connection to the second electrical connection , wherein the communication interface is designed to request the second subscriber identification of the user from a mobile phone by means of a near field communication when it is detected that a connector has been plugged into the second electrical connection , wherein the switching element is designed to electrically disconnect the first electrical connection from the second electrical connection when a stop signal has been received from the server via the mobile radio interface . a subscriber identity module having a first subscriber identification for identifying the infrastructure element in the mobile radio network; a communication interface , which is designed to receive the second subscriber identification of a user, wherein the user is identifiable in the mobile radio network by the second subscriber identification; a mobile radio interface , which is designed to transmit the received second subscriber identification of the user to the server via the mobile radio network and to receive the enable signal from the server ; a first electrical connection , which is electrically connectable to a power supply network in order to supply the infrastructure element with electric power; a second electrical connection , which is designed to provide electric power for the electrically operated vehicle; and a switching element , which is designed to respond to the reception of the enable signal by electrically connecting the first electrical connection to the second electrical connection , wherein the communication interface is designed to request the second subscriber identification of the user from a mobile phone by means of a near field communication when it is detected that a connector has been plugged into the second electrical connection , wherein the switching element is designed to electrically disconnect the first electrical connection from the second electrical connection when a stop signal has been received from the server via the mobile radio interface . <EOS>