Talk the talk

Ian Guider talks to George Young, chairman of the Telecommunication and Internet Federation.

The telecoms sector has had a rough few years with falling revenues and job losses, are there any signs that the situation is improving?

It has been bad in patches and good in patches. The industry has gone through an element of restructuring, but one of the themes emerging from our conference the other day is that there are new opportunities. Firms in Ireland are identifying new opportunity for growth. The mobile sector, for instance, is looking exciting, and we are increasing our investment in broadband, and that is good for the country.