Programme vital to ‘Silicon Valley’ roll-out

Ireland has become the 10th country in the world where Telefónica, O2’s parent company, has launched its global technology accelerator programme, Wayra.

Wayra, which means ‘wind’ in Quechua, a language of the central Andes, is part of Telefónica’s new global digital unit and is set to become the world’s largest technology accelerator programme.

The programme has been designed to develop future ‘Silicon Valleys’ in the countries where Telefónica is present.