The National Broadband Plan (NBP) will be operated by a private entity which will fully own the network after 25 years, Minister for Communications Denis Naughten has announced.
The Gap Funding model which was decided upon in Cabinet will see a company from the private sector financing, building, owning and operating the network with contractual obligations to the Department.
Listen to consumer editor Ciara Leahy's explanations in our podcast below:
Full coverage: rural broadband
The National Broadband Plan (NBP) will be operated by a private entity which will fully own the network after 25 years, Minister for Communications Denis Naughten has announced.
The Gap Funding model which was decided upon in Cabinet will see a company from the private sector financing, building, owning and operating the network with contractual obligations to the Department.
Listen to consumer editor Ciara Leahy's explanations in our podcast below:
Full coverage: rural broadband
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