Siro wins at European Broadband Awards
Broadband network provider Siro has won a major award at this year’s European Broadband Awards 2023.
The Awards, organised by the European Commission, recognise outstanding broadband deployment projects in Europe and highlight successful infrastructures.
Multiple broadband projects from across Europe’s 27 member states entered this year’s Awards, with a smaller number subsequently shortlisted for the competition. These projects spanned a diverse range in terms of geographic location, size and technology, with only five projects selected as winners.
The final five projects included Siro’s full fibre broadband roll-out which was selected as the winner under the innovative models of financing, business, and investment category.
Established in 2015 as a joint venture between ESB and Vodafone, Siro’s network is now available in over 540,000 premises in all Irish cities and 135 towns and is on track to provide access to its network to over 700,000 premises by 2026.
Accepting the award, Siro CFO Michelle Mullally said: “Siro is a unique project in Irish and in European terms. A joint venture between a State electricity company and a global telecoms entity; using an existing electricity network supporting circular economy principles; and, with a distinct funding model which blends Irish and international lenders, largest amongst them the European Investment Bank.
“Siro’s objective has always been to bridge digital divides across Ireland – regional and urban – and provide communities with access to future proofed and reliable broadband, on a par with the most advanced economies in the world.
“It’s very special to have Siro and Ireland recognised by the European Commission and our broadband peers across Europe for the work we are doing to achieve that objective.”
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