Irish telecoms carriers look to 'sunset' outdated technology

Phasing out landlines across Ireland is expected to be a slow process, with mass layoffs unlikely but redundancies possible as skills such as laying copper wire will no longer be required

Mass layoffs are not expected at Irish companies such as Eir while infrastructure is updated.  Picture: Fennells

Shena Brien, CEO of IP Telecom, a company that helps businesses phase out old technology, including landlines, said she does not envisage Irish carriers such as Eir announcing mass layoffs while it updates its infrastructure.

Ms Brien made the comments after the announcement by BT in the UK that it will lay off 55,000 people following the completion of its fibre-rollout nationwide.