Business Editor
The head of the company responsible for rolling out the National Broadband Plan (NBP) has said it is looking at opportunities to accelerate the seven-year building programme.
But the chief executive of National Broadband Ireland, Peter Hendrick, indicated that getting sufficient skills could be a difficulty. In doing so, there are some challenges ahead in terms of getting people into the country, resources, training-up, he said. There are lots of students and graduates, getting them trained under apprenticeships. Many of our industry partners have started that process and it is a critical one, he added.
The NBP roll-out was originally planned to take place over seven years.