EU5G: Irish National Broadband Plan: Nokia selected as equipment supplier
EU5G: Ireland
June 29, 2020
National Broadband Ireland: NBI
It promotes and operates fiber optic networks in Irish regions.
June 23, announced that “Finland Nokia was selected as the equipment supplier when introducing the network to rural areas.”
This is part of the 2012 National Broadband Plan announced by the Irish Government.
Covering areas where private operators and services are inadequate, with the goal of making high-speed communications accessible to all Irish people.
Smart health such as online medical treatment,
Smart agriculture
Digital learning
Providing opportunities in fields such as.
In order to put the plan into action, the government signed a contract with NBI in November 2019.
It is said that the nationwide installation rate will exceed 90% in four years.
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Nokia wins FTTH contract for half a million rural homes in Ireland
Sorce: Captive Media
By: Alan Burkitt-Gray
The company building Ireland’s rural broadband network has awarded Nokia the contract for the 540,000-home system.
National Broadband Ireland (NBI)
will be a wholesale-only operation, providing connectivity to all retail operators across the country, at first through a series of 300 broadband connection points (BCPs), and then by fibring up half a million homes across rural Ireland.
Peter Hendrick, CEO of NBI, said:
“We believe that better broadband networks promote social progress, equality and sustainability. With equal access to local, national and global opportunity, every person, community and organisation in Ireland will be empowered to achieve more.”
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