National Broadband Ireland pledges to provide coverage to 102,000 homes by 2023
Controversial broadband project has been beset by delays
Controversial broadband project has been beset by delays
Report raises concerns that taxpayers are not getting value for money
Project costing €5.5bn mired in delay ... and no public ownership of the end product
Seen and heard: Broadband subsidies, private housing gloom and Kingspan’s Grenfell recall
Minister tells Dáil he will apply all the penalties that are due if rollout targets not met
Company behind project admits it will not make target to pass 60,000 homes
Seen & Heard: US businessman David McCourt owns under 3% of National Broadband Ireland
North’s scheme costs €2,500 per home, the Republic’s €5,300
Department says this is part of ongoing review of broadband contract
Concerns raised over plans to allow NBI to access Eir network for less than others pay
Committee heard agency dealt with more than 3,000 cyber incidents in 2020
National Broadband Ireland will not be penalised for pandemic disruption, TDs are told
National Broadband Ireland chief to say project could even be completed early
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Cork and Cavan first to receive broadband with service for Limerick and Galway to come
Infrastructure may be operated by common booking platform, allowing users book a seat
Company behind €3bn project accused of not providing sufficient information about the rollout on its website
Sky Ireland boosted by Sports Extra and growth from existing businesses including Now TV
Covid crisis has highlighted importance of good broadband, says minister
The 25-year contract requires National Broadband Ireland (NBI) – the vehicle set up by winning bidder US firm Granahan McCourt – to deliver high-speed broadband to 542,000 mainly rural homes and premises
Much of the published version, which runs to more than 3,000 pages, is blacked out
Company delivering €3bn plan triples minimum download speed to 500mbps
Department says it will publish redacted version of €3bn contract in coming weeks
ComReg wholesale rate update could reduce equipment lease revenue for telco
Company behind State’s €3bn broadband plan cites timeline problems due to Covid-19
Project is being rolled out in advance of National Broadband Plan
Phase one of the national plan is focused on locations in east, midlands and around cities
Rollout to 542,000 homes will transform telecoms landscape, but at a high price
Areas with worst connections to benefit first as €3 billion scheme is rolled out
Cost of the scheme has ballooned to nearly €3 billion, six times the original estimate
Siro boss John Keaney says telco is about to deepen operations in Cork and Galway and take the fight to Eir in Dublin’s suburbs
Eir’s low-cost approach to plan ruled out by Government as ‘an inferior product’
Disjuncture between firm’s inside-the-process cost of €2.75bn and new claim is jarring
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