Eir and Imagine expansions may delay National Broadband Plan

Communications Minister Richard Bruton is to meet with Eir and Imagine to discuss how recent announcements of respective plans to expand their networks will impact on the National Broadband Plan.

Both companies have announced expansions to their coverage, prompting concerns that the areas they are targeting will encroach on the NBP’s intervention area d1 with the unveiling of the plans coming ahead of the imminent NBP contract awarding.