Cignal chief's towering internet ambition

Colin Cunningham believes communications masts can bring quality wireless internet to almost anywhere in Ireland

Colin Cunningham Pic: Fergal Phillips

CV: Colin Cunningham

Role: chief executive, Cignal

Age:45

Lives: Killenard, Co Laois

Family: married, two children

Colin Cunningham is the person to call if you’re having trouble with broadband in rural Ireland. He tells me about a recent two-hour drive to Carlow to the home of a friend who wanted to connect the smart devices in his house to his iPad, but didn’t know how to get broadband and thought he’d be left ...