Broadband

Eugene Murphy says “Ownership debate of broadband infrastructure irrelevant”

Eugene Murphy says “Ownership debate of broadband infrastructure irrelevant”

Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy has said the ownership of the State sponsored broadband infrastructure under the National Broadband Plan is irrelevant as the priority should be focusing on bringing high speed broadband to rural towns and villages which are being left behind. “In my opinion the debate about whether the National Broadband

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Michael Fitzmaurice – “Government must ensure that Broadband Service is not privatised”

Michael Fitzmaurice – “Government must ensure that Broadband Service is not privatised”

Michael Fitzmaurice TD has called on the Minister for Communications Denis Naughten to rethink the decision to totally privatise the proposed Rural Broadband Network. In a statement released a short time ago the Independent TD said “When we had Telecom Eireann we decided to privatise it and we saw the difficulties that happened from that

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IFA calls for greater co-operation between Communications providers

IFA calls for greater co-operation between Communications providers

IFA Environment and Rural Affairs Chairman Thomas Cooney has called on the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) to demand a higher level of co-operation between mobile and broadband service providers in an attempt to address the significant levels of poor coverage in rural areas. Speaking after a positive meeting with ComReg he said, “IFA’s recent

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Michael Fitzmaurice reacts to news that National Broadband Plan will be delayed

Michael Fitzmaurice reacts to news that National Broadband Plan will be delayed

Michael Fitzmaurice TD has reacted to news that the implementation of the National Broadband Plan will be delayed saying that “There is not much point including the revival of rural Ireland in any future programme for Government if the broadband programme is held up for three to five years as we have been told today.”

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