Irish Broadband, a specialist broadband and internet access group, have announced that it has signed a contract for its first site in Cork.
Business and home internet users in Cork will have access to high speed, always-on wireless internet access through Irish Broadband from January.
Paul Doody, managing director, Irish Broadband said: "On the back of ComReg awarding us with the licence to provide broadband services to Cork, we are commencing the roll out, so that within weeks we will be providing true broadband to business and home Internet users in Cork."
The site in Cork is located above the R&H Hall building in Centre Park Road, Marina Walk, with connectivity to Irish Broadband's service generally available within a five-kilometre radius of a high site.
Irish Broadband will offer business and home users high speed always-on internet access with unlimited connection.
Monthly charges begin at €75 for business and €35 for home use.
The company was also awarded a further five prime licences by ComReg to provide wireless broadband services to business and home internet users in Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Drogheda and Dundalk, where it plans to roll out services by mid 2004.