Smart for homes in broadband shake-up

SMART TELECOM vowed to shake up the broadband market yesterday after the phone and internet operator said it doubled revenues last year to €25 million.

The company said that it would extend its reach to include some €1.2 million residential broadband customers after focussing on the business market over the past year.

Smart has 150 corporate customers in Cork and Dublin but also provides fixed-line phone services to 70,000 homes, as well as operating one of the country’s biggest networks of public call boxes.