All those involved in the delivery of the National Broadband Plan must “remain focused” to complete the journey towards a digitally connected society, Minister of State for Digital Development Seán Kyne has said. Mr Kyne addressed the second Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce National Stakeholder Forum in Galway on Friday. Mr Kyne said the National Broadband Plan was about asking providers to come up with a solution to providing high-speed broadband across the State. She said a State-underpinned broadband plan was required because it was a challenge for the commercial operators and was time-consuming. Eir was planning a €1 billion capital investment over the next five years and would bring broadband to about 1.4 million people outside the National Broadband Plan, employing about 1,000 people, Ms Lennon said.

Source: The Irish Times October 12, 2018 17:12 UTC