Playing politics with broadband saddles taxpayer with €2.6bn liability
Project costing €5.5bn mired in delay ... and no public ownership of the end product
Rollout of National Broadband Plan falls further behind schedule
Company behind project admits it will not make target to pass 60,000 homes
Government’s broadband plan mired in financial controversy
North’s scheme costs €2,500 per home, the Republic’s €5,300
William Fry and EY to examine funding and structure of National Broadband Ireland
Department says this is part of ongoing review of broadband contract
Eir planning to sell almost half of Irish fibre network
Financial advisory firm Lazard engaged to advise on possible transaction
Delay in hiring cybersecurity director criticised at PAC
Committee heard agency dealt with more than 3,000 cyber incidents in 2020
Intel and Connect centre collaborate to improve 5G optical networks
New €600,000 partnership to focus on making better passive optical networks
Rural Ireland has ‘bright future’ under development plan – Tánaiste
Plan updated to include remote working, with fast broadband to be rolled out by 2040
National Broadband Plan can be delivered on time and on budget, committee to hear
National Broadband Ireland chief to say project could even be completed early
Eir to roll out gigabit fibre to a further 200,000 premises
Decision follows increased demand from customers due to coronavirus pandemic
Eir looks to recapture lost ground from Virgin in telecoms arms race
Customers trying to get through to us had a really hard time, says Eir boss Carolan Lennon
Government plans network of over 400 remote working hubs
Infrastructure may be operated by common booking platform, allowing users book a seat
Eir to issue apology for poor customer relations service
Joint Oireachtas committee to hear Covid-19 behind telecom’s challenges and criticism
National Broadband Ireland criticised for ‘gaps’ in rollout of scheme
Company behind €3bn project accused of not providing sufficient information about the rollout on its website
The Irish Times view on the National Broadband Plan contract: Devil may lie in unknown detail
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
Farewell to the city: Is it time to move to a house in the country?
Remote working, cheaper housing, cleaner air: there’s a lot to be said for quitting the city
Granahan McCourt drops out of Northern Ireland broadband scheme
Company behind State’s €3bn broadband plan cites timeline problems due to Covid-19
Up to 300 high-speed internet hubs to be deployed by end of year
Project is being rolled out in advance of National Broadband Plan
‘Rolls-Royce’ rural broadband to cost €6,000 per household
Rollout to 542,000 homes will transform telecoms landscape, but at a high price
Location of 300 high-speed internet hubs revealed under broadband plan
Areas with worst connections to benefit first as €3 billion scheme is rolled out
Q&A: What is the broadband plan and what happens next?
Cost of the scheme has ballooned to nearly €3 billion, six times the original estimate
European Commission approves Ireland’s €3bn broadband plan
Move paves the way for contracts with US firm Granahan McCourt to be signed
Broadband plans, home-building numbers, tourism turbulence and payday for a Meath couple
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Bruton denies national broadband delay
Minister says officials are still finalising State aid element of €3bn scheme
Granahan McCourt in running for NI broadband scheme
Preferred bidder for Government’s NBP project vies for similar project in the North
Row erupts over Eir’s new rural broadband network
Rivals say they are unable to connect customers to company’s new fibre network
New spending rules promised after broadband and hospital sagas
Senior civil servant acknowledges State has had difficulties delivering big capital projects
Imagine says it can deliver high-speed broadband to 800,000 rural homes
Company completes first phase of €300m investment in rollout of 5G broadband
Siro now a serious challenger to Eir in fibre arms race
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
Telecoms companies to face clampdown on ‘fake fibre’ adverts
Advertising watchdog plans to restrict when word ‘fibre’ can be used in broadband adverts
Rural group claims far cheaper broadband alternative
Scepticism greets Rispa proposal based on upfront State funding of €900m
Regulator raises prospect of forcing State to provide rural broadband even at a loss
Comreg says EU directive allows member states use a USO - legally obliging the State to provide a service even if its uneconomic to operate - to ensure broadband coverage
INM hack longer than suspected, developers cut back on homes
Seen and Heard: State loses nearly $1m on Digicel as value of its bonds at record low
Broadband plan bidder’s CEO declines to appear before Oireachtas committee
Fianna Fáil says David McCourt should make an appearance to address concerns
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