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85 pct of Ireland's population to have high-speed broadband access in 2018

Xinhua, July 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Irish government said on Wednesday that 85 percent of the public will have access to high-speed broadband by 2018.

The government on Wednesday published an intervention strategy, which sets out how the government proposes to ensure the provision of high-speed broadband in areas where the commercial sector will not invest on its own.

"Under the intervention strategy I'm publishing today, we expect that 85 percent of the premises in Ireland will have access to high speed broadband in 2018, increasing to 100 percent by 2020," Communications Minister Alex White said.

The Irish minister said he was on schedule to move to formal procurement of the state-provided element of high speed broadband infrastructure before the end of 2015.

Under the country's National Broadband Plan (NBP), the Irish government committed to delivering high speed broadband access to every home, school and business in the country by 2020, regardless of where they are located.

The strategy published on Wednesday explains what will be expected of companies that bid to deliver the state intervention element of the NBP. Enditem