High speed broadband network PPP under Irish National Broadband Plan (NBP)

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The selected bidder will design, finance, develop, construct, operate, maintain and exploit a wholesale Next Generation Access network and associated services within the NBP Intervention Area (IA), which currently covers over 750,000 premises. The IA is split into two geographic areas and a combined area as follows: Lot Area A: Southern Intervention Area Lot Area B: Northern Intervention Area Lot Area C: Combined Northern and Southern Intervention Area Bidders can opt for the Lot Areas individually or for the entire IA. Network will use the latest fibre-to-the-home technology to guarantee minimum speeds of 150Mb/s increasing to a minimum 500Mb/s by year 11 – with customers able to choose packages of up to 1Gb/s. It´s estimated that broadband scheme will bring internet to 1.1 million people in rural Ireland. 

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