National Broadband Plan

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

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