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Speaking of bright sparks…
This week Niall gives his impressions of the ARVR Innovate conference held at Croke Park; there’s bad news for the National Broadband Plan; and we speak to Maryrose Lyons of Brightspark Consulting...
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Minister takes ‘nobody left behind’ stance with NBP
The Department of Communications, Energy & National Resources has released the shortlist of three companies competing for the contract to deliver broadband to rural areas around the country. Eir,...
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Siro quits National Broadband Plan, expect more to follow
Wholesale broadband provider Siro has quit the National Broadband Plan, citing a lack of a compelling business case to justify its participation in the tendering process. That leaves applications from...
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Enet ‘wins’ at National Broadband, gets nothing
Last September I wrote about the withdrawal of Vodafone/ESB joint venture Siro’s withdrawal from the National Broadband Plan (NBP) tendering process. At the time I speculated that the move was...
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Time to disconnect the National Broadband Plan
Whenever I write about the National Broadband Plan these days it’s in the context of a player abandoning the tender process. I thought eir’s departure, leaving enet/SSE as the lone bidder would bring...
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How enet became last telco standing for the National Broadband Plan
On this week’s show: the National Broadband Plan lies in tatters, Facebook goes on the defensive (again), and the rest of the week’s headlines. To never miss an episode of TechRadio subscribe, comment...
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National Broadband Ireland submits final NBP tender
National Broadband Ireland, the name associated with the Granahan McCourt-led Consortium bidding for the National Broadband Plan (NBP), has submitted its final tender to the Department of...
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Failure to communicate
There was an interesting story in the Irish Times this week which stated that only one in seven homes in rural Ireland that had been offered high-speed broadband by eir had taken it up. The newspaper...
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National Broadband Ireland awards nework design contract to entegro
National Broadband Ireland (NBI) has awarded the contract to survey and design the fibre optic netwrk underpinning the National Broadband Plan to entegro. The Kilkenny-headquartered company has already...
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Vodafone to provide services to rural broadband hubs
Vodafone Ireland has been awarded the contract to provide retail broadband services to the nationwide network of Broadband Connection Points (BCPs). The BCPs will provide free onsite high-speed...
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Entegro announces expansion plan to support NBP roll-out
Entegro has announced plans to set up a design support centre in Poland, creating 70 new jobs across Ireland and Poland. The centre will create 20 new jobs, while the telecommunications specialists...
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National Broadband Ireland makes 50,000th connection in Cork
National Broadband Ireland has announced the connection of 50,000 premises to its fibre-to-the-home network under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). With high-speed fibre connections available to more...
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NBI surpasses 200,000 connected premises
National Broadband Ireland (NBI) have announced that broadband connections are available for more than 200,000 households, farms and businesses across the country. More than a third of the premises...
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