More high-speed broadband network needed for businesses, says expert

BUSINESS communities in Cork and Waterford need more expansive high-speed broadband networks, according to a leading industry expert.

Conal Henry, chief executive of Enet, the company which holds the concession to manage Ireland’s Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) across 93 cities and towns, has warmly welcomed the call by Forfás in their Broadband Benchmarking Report to have the MANs in Cork and Waterford expanded.

Forfás is also seeking new networks in Ireland’s five designated national spatial strategy centres – Shannon, Ennis, Mallow, Tuam and Castlebar – which do not currently have a MAN.