Imagine to invest €300m in rural broadband

Firm plans to tackle rural broadband problem with 5G technology

Sean Bolger, Imagine CEO Pic. Robbie Reynolds

Imagine Communications has announced plans to invest €300 million in a 5G fixed broadband network which it says will bring 150Mb broadband to more than a million homes and businesses in regional and rural Ireland.

Imagine’s stated intention is to bring the service to as many people as possible in as short a time frame as is feasible. To that end it will have 155 broadband transmission sites operational by June 2019 across ...