Medium Term Economic Strategy:Broadband

High-speed broadband is core to our competitiveness. As a knowledge and services oriented economy trading worldwide, our workforce needs to be better connected than most. Ensuring fast connectivity is not only about jobs – it is also increasingly a conduit for all aspects of modern society – citizen- ship, education, healthcare, learning, culture and leisure. Building on the National Broadband Plan, “Delivering a Connected Society” (August 2012), the Government will in 2014 announce full details of the State‘s investment plan to bring high-speed broadband to less populated parts of the country which will not be serviced by the commercial market. Rollout of services based on this investment will commence in 2015.