Investing in IT will aid Irish recovery, says UPC chief

UPC, the European division of Liberty Global, an international cable operator, is confident of Ireland’s economic future, a gathering of business leaders heard in Brussels yesterday.

A combination of past investment in education and future investment in communications technology will aid a return to prosperity in Ireland, more than 100 senior telecommunications industry delegates were told.

“Digital technologies have the potential to drive economic recovery not just in Ireland but elsewhere in europe,” UPC Ireland chief executive Dana Strong said in her address to delegates at a conference on the digital economy.