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National Broadband Ireland paid over €2m in fees to investors

The company said the money paid to its backers in previous years was due to ‘start-up costs’

Sale of 80% stake in National Broadband Ireland to Spanish firm approved

Departing investors in the company set up to deliver broadband to rural Ireland stand to make a return of more than 25 per cent

The Big Interview

‘I think we’ve demonstrated that fibre is the future’ – John Keaney, Siro

The chief executive has overseen the company’s rollout of fibre broadband to 450,000 homes and businesses. Now he is keen to raise that figure to one million by always ‘looking forward, staying restless’ to keep ahead of society’s evolving needs

Engineering body in favour of pursuing Shannon LNG terminal

New report from Irish Academy of Engineering says major infrastructural developments, including roads and a 5G network, are necessary to ensure balanced regional development

Asterion Industrial Partners to buy 80% stake in National Broadband Ireland

Spanish investment firm set to acquire the stakes of a number of major and smaller investors

ESRI behavioural study aims to tackle lack of public interest in high-speed broadband

Behavioural experts to investigate why people are so slow to connect after fewer than 6,000 sign up to NBP network

Pace of National Broadband Plan rollout is ‘inspiring pessimism’

The junior minister with responsibility for the plan said he was not satisfied with the progress to date but remained optimistic ground could be made up

‘If you’re to stay in this game, you have to be lean and mean’ – The Big Interview: Paul Connell of Pure Telecom

The chief executive and co-founder of Pure Telecom is talking diversification – moving outside the traditional broadband space into new areas such as insurance, TV and energy

Virgin’s €200m network upgrade is a ‘big vote of confidence’

Chief executive Tony Hanway says moving more than one million broadband customers to fibre over the next three years will ‘future-proof’ the network

Siro to extend broadband network to 320,000 more homes

Joint venture between ESB and Vodafone has secured €170 million in funding as it progresses network rollout towards reaching 777,000 premises in 154 towns across Ireland

Siro to launch ‘Ireland’s fastest ever broadband’ in Kilkenny

The two-gigabit fibre broadband service will be made available to more than 400,000 homes and businesses across the country

Eir to add 200,000 more homes and businesses to its fibre broadband network

The expansion will bring the number of premises on the newer fibre-to-the-home network to 1.9 million as demand rises thanks to the pandemic

Broadband rollout delays open the door to new satellite challengers

The low-latency satellite system Starlink is a potential Plan B if the rural broadband scheme being rolled out continues to miss its targets

NBI will accrue penalties if it continues to miss broadband targets

The company, entrusted to roll out the National Broadband Plan, has missed all its targets in 2020 and 2021

Siro’s John Keaney: How we can use EU recovery funding to futureproof the economy

Weaknesses in the ecommerce ability of SMEs, inequality in broadband access and gaps in the online delivery of public services must be addressed

Blacknight adds broadband to its offerings

Department spends €7m on broadband advice in 2020

Legal, technical and economic consultants were among the experts who advised on management of the NBP

Broadband body looks at fast-tracking rural internet using ESB network

Existing electricity infrastructure could be used to roll out services quickly