Irish National Broadband Plan to cover all of Ireland by 2020
The European Commission hopes to work with local authorities in a bid to provide broadband to all rural areas within Ireland
The European Commission is to engage with local authorities to speed up the roll out of broadband to rural communities across the EU.
The initiative is aimed at making funding available to telecom operators to provide 5G connectivity in remote areas where installation is prohibitive due to cost.
A new Irish National Broadband contract will be signed next year to provide full broadband coverage across Ireland by 2020.
Tim Hayes of the EU office in Dublin says the EU plan is designed to have every single remote region in Europe connected to the internet.
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