NBI network rollout set to miss revised deadline for second year

Targets not yet set for number of premises to receive high-speed internet network over the next 12 months

David McCourt, chairman, NBI: the delivery of the state-subsidised multibillion-euro National Broadband Plan has been beset by delays in the first two years of the scheme

Targets for the number of homes and businesses National Broadband Ireland (NBI) must make its high-speed internet network available to over the next 12 months have not yet been set, as it looks like the operator will miss its revised goals for the second year of the rollout.

The delivery of the state-subsidised multibillion-euro National Broadband Plan has been beset by delays in the first two years of the scheme.

Consequently, targets for the number ...