The Government’s broadband procurement process should be “halted” amid the controversy surrounding the final bidder and the high-profile exits of several major industry players, Fianna Fáil’s communications spokesman Timmy Dooley has said. “We started out with Enet and several others, they’re all gone, and we’re now just left with a venture capital company. The real story is whether a venture capital company can roll out broadband in Ireland. The final consortium left in the process was originally led by Enet and included Scottish utility SSE and logistics giant John Laing. The consortium which is now led by Granahan McCourt lists Denis O’Brien’s Actavo company as a “key partner”.

Source: The Irish Times October 08, 2018 03:56 UTC