Communications Committee

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The chair of the Oireachtas Communications Committee Hildegarde Naughten, said it was ‘critical’ the Government proceed and sign the contract.
Broadband plan: FG committee members say review of €3bn project a waste of time

It would be a “waste of time” to independently review the €3 billion national broadband plan, Fine Gael members of the Oireachtas Communications Commi(...)

The Rispa proposal rests on using a mixture of fixed wireless access technologies, alongside the extension of a fibre network into selected rural areas. Photograph: Michael Smith/Getty
Rural group claims far cheaper broadband alternative

An umbrella group of small rural broadband providers has said it can meet the objectives of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) for an up-front commitme(...)

Telecoms regulator Comreg has raised the prospect of applying a universal service obligation (USO) for broadband to homes and premises currently not served by commercial operators or public policy interventions.
Regulator raises prospect of forcing State to provide rural broadband even at a loss

Telecoms regulator Comreg has raised the prospect of applying a universal service obligation (USO) for broadband to homes and premises currently not s(...)

Eir has raised the prospect of an alternate proposal for the National Broadband Plan. File photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire
Irish telcos accuse Eir of ‘tactical interference’ in broadband project

Eir has rejected suggestions that its mooted €1 billion plan to deliver the objectives of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) was a form of “tactical in(...)

Eir last week claimed it could deliver the aims of the National Broadband Plan for about €1 billion. Photograph: Michael Smith/Getty Images
TDs to send questions to preferred bidder for broadband contract

The Oireachtas Communications committee is to send a list of questions on the National Broadband Plan to David McCourt, the investor leading the prefe(...)

Why is Eir undertaking this full frontal assault on a broadband process it has not been engaged in for 18 months? Photograph: Michael Smith/Getty Images
Eir’s cost claims strike at FG’s reputation as custodian of finances

Since its explosive claim that it could deliver the objectives of the National Broadband Plan for €1 billion, Eir has shown little sign of resiling fr(...)

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg ‘continually fails to show the levels of leadership and personal responsibility that should be expected from someone who sits at the top of one of the world’s biggest companies’. File photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Consumer safety is gig economy’s biggest problem

Mark Paul wrote a perceptive assessment in an opinion piece on January 24th last. The business affairs correspondent of this newspaper observed the te(...)

Questions to Facebook Ireland from members of the Oireachtas joint committee on communications had a particular focus on the company’s political advertisement policies. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images
Facebook answers to Oireachtas committee raise further questions

Facebook Ireland recently submitted written responses to formal queries the company received from members of the Oireachtas joint committee on communi(...)

Operators connecting customers through Eir’s fibre network must pay it €272, compared with €114 in the UK. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire
Eir’s broadband market dominance ‘to detriment’ of consumers

More needs to be done to address the dominance of Eir in the Irish broadband market as the current situation is to the detriment of consumers, an Oire(...)

Facebook executives will apologise at an Oireachtas Committee for the transfer of data to third parties which was used for campaigning purposes. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Facebook to apologise to TDs and Senators for ‘violation of trust’

Facebook executives will apologise today at an Oireachtas Committee for a “huge violation of trust” that occurred when users data was transferred to t(...)

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