30 jobs created at broadband company

Thirty jobs are to be created at a broadband company in the midlands, it was announced today.

Satellite Broadband Ireland said it would take on the extra staff at its Mullingar headquarters, Co Westmeath, after securing a new contract.

The firm won a deal to provide services to homes and businesses under the Government’s national broadband scheme.

Communications Minister Eamon Ryan vowed the roll-out of high-speed internet across the country would create more jobs in the future.

“This goes to show that the national broadband scheme has brought new smart jobs to Mullingar, and it will continue to bring these jobs to other parts of the country as it progresses,” he said.

Kevin Ryan, co-founder of Satellite Broadband Ireland, said greater access to broadband would help Ireland during the economic recession.

“The extension of broadband will encourage the entrepreneurial spirit which is a unique asset of the knowledge economy in Ireland and will help secure a sustainable future for firms and entrepreneurs outside urban areas,” he said.