Siro invests €100m in Dublin gigabit broadband network
Siro is adding an aditional 50,000 homes and businesses in Dublin city to its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, bringing its total footprint to 100,000 premises in the capital.
The €100 million rollout is part of a strategy to make services powered by Siro available to areas underserved by FTTH broadband. The expansion in the capital follows close collaboration with Dublin City Council’s telecoms unit and with the broadband officers in the other three Dublin local authorities to advance its network roll-out.
Siro’s network is already established in parts of the city such as Fairview, Raheny, Finglas, Artane or Coolock. The new investment encompasses areas such as Dublin’s Docklands, East Wall, Walkinstown, Kimmage and Crumlin.
This is in addition to Siro’s expanded network footprint across the four Dublin local authority areas, which now encompasses more than 30 suburban towns from Balbriggan in Fingal as far south as Shankill in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown.
“The presumption that our cities already enjoy universal full fibre connectivity can be inaccurate. Poor broadband can exist in areas of our cities and its suburbs, just as much as it can be found in more remote areas,” said Siro CEO John Keaney.
“Siro is rolling out our network across Dublin, city and county, because a real need exists to address existing connectivity blackspots. By now reaching areas underserved by fibre to the home broadband, such as the Docklands, East Wall or Crumlin and Walkinstown, we are striving to ensure these areas have the broadband infrastructure essential for the future wider social and economic development of the city.”
Smart City programme manager at Dublin City Council Jamie Cudden added: “Investments like this from Siro support our ambition to future-proof Dublin ensuring that we can take advantage of new and emerging technology trends. When we established our telecoms unit in 2022, we committed to work with the telecoms sector to help streamline and accelerate network rollout through better co-ordination and collaboration. The real winners here are communities across Dublin who will have access to world class digital infrastructure and choice of providers.”
To date, Siro has rolled out network to every county in Ireland with its broadband network in over 135 towns and cities and available to almost 550,000 homes and businesses nationwide. The company is on track to reach 700,000 premises by 2026.
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