Incoming chairman committed to broadband take-up

INCOMING Eircom executive chairman Pierre Danon said there was no point in getting involved in the blame game over Ireland’s low level of broadband take-up.

However, Irish consumers, frustrated by their inability to access broadband, can look forward to that situation being put to right if his track record in the North when boss of BT Retail is anything to go by.

At the news conference in Dublin to announce the Babcock & Brown bid for the Irish telecoms group, Mr Danon noted that during his time as boss of BT Retail Northern Ireland achieved blanket broadband coverage.