Broadband provider Imagine agrees fibre deal with NBI 

this latest deal will see Imagine launch its service on the NBI fibre network putting it in position to offer faster speeds and a better service to over 337,440 premises across the country

NBI is charged with delivering on the National Broadband Plan which aims to connect over 564,000 premises and 1.1m people with high-speed fibre broadband. Picture: NBI Infrastructure DAC

Rural broadband provider Imagine has pivoted and agreed a deal with National Broadband Ireland (NBI), which will expand the company’s potential customer reach by nearly 340,000.

This is the first major deal announced by Imagine since the Armenian firm Team Group took a majority stake in the broadband provider in December last year. The group operates a telecom company in Armenia called Telecom Armenia which has 1.1m customers.