Irish telco ambitions still high

Companies have big ambitions but the apathetic stance from the state on open RAN is worrying, writes Luke Kehoe

MWC in Barcelona: 46 per cent of telco chief executives think their companies won’t last another decade. Picture: Jordi Play

Scurrying through the vast halls of the world’s biggest telecoms get-together, and the first of its kind in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, it was difficult not to be moved by the scale of ambition radiated by companies, countries, and their caffeine-infused delegates.

Barcelona’s telecoms bonanza Mobile World Congress (MWC) was back with a bang this year. The event was dominated by the high-stakes struggle between telecoms operators and European regulators to impose “fair ...