July 12, 2022
Granahan McCourt and Asterion Partner to Deliver Ireland’s National Broadband Plan
12th July 2022, IRELAND: Granahan McCourt, the company behind National Broadband Ireland [‘NBI’], is ...
Introduction
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
With focussed investments in technology, media and telecommunications, Granahan McCourt Capital (GMC) brings together world-class personnel with unparalleled experience, global perspective and local knowledge to take on the most ambitious challenges.
GMC's owners and management have a track record of financing, designing, building and operating large-scale, complex telecoms infrastructure.
Proven Partnerships
McCourt has repeated success with the same group of partners spanning finance, technology and construction over many decades. Bridging the private and public sectors, GMC also has unmatched expertise partnering with Governments in long-term Public Private Partnerships.
Scalable Technology Platform
Granahan McCourt operates best-in-class, purpose-built and future proofed technology infrastructure. This means new network designs are not encumbered with legacy systems.
Open Access
With decades of experience and specialist knowledge of open-access wholesale networks, the Granahan McCourt team has a proven model and operating system which is scalable globally.
$40bn
Key principals have been responsible for funding, financing, and managing $40 billion of infrastructure
25
National Telecom Networks assets built across Europe, the United States and Central America
260,000 km
As a trusted partner for Governments, semi-state and private sector organisations, GMC has deployed over 260,000km of fibre
57
Telecom network projects completed across three continents
NBI Investment
Public Private Partnership
Designing, building and operating the largest ever State-led investment in a wholesale telecoms network.
As the principal investor in National Broadband Ireland (NBI), Granahan McCourt is spearheading the biggest Public Private Partnership in European telecommunications, delivering the Government of Ireland's €5.7 billion National Broadband Plan.
As one of the largest and most complex Fibre-to-the-Premises rollouts ever undertaken, the project was awarded c. €3 billion of State aid from the European Commission.
Spanning 96% of the country's land mass, the project will connect over 1.1 million people across every county in Ireland, transforming the country's connectivity landscape to become the first European country to provide high-speed broadband to 100% of the population and leading the EU's Gigabit 2030.
1.1 million
People served across homes, businesses, schools and farms
554,000 +
Premises
96%
Spanning 96% of Ireland’s land mass
140,000 km
Of fibre cable
1.5 million
Poles installed
15,000 km
Of underground duct networks
50+
Over 50 RSPs onboarded within six months of network activation
"Across almost all developed countries, what we see today is a digital divide, whereby certain urban areas have an incredible advantage with access to connectivity and digital services. For too long, underserved areas have been denied.
Granahan McCourt is proud to be taking on some of the boldest and most ambitious projects globally with likeminded public and private sector partners to revolutionize access to world-leading connectivity and technology."
David McCourt, Chairman and CEO, Granahan McCourt Capital
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