Cebr figures about how the deployment of ultra-fast full-fibre broadband would benefit the UK as a whole Gary McDonald Business Editor
Mairead Meyer, director of Openreach Northern Ireland
THE deployment of ultrafast full-fibre broadband across the north would boost productivity in the region by more than £1 billion a year by 2025, enable tens of thousands more people to work from home, and remove as many as two million commuter trips a year, it has been claimed.
And the report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) also says that it could encourage 30,000 more people to move to Northern Ireland.
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Openreach, the digital infrastructure provider, has announced plans to invest more than £100m in Northern Ireland over the next 12 months.
The money will be used to support the maintenance of the copper and fibre broadband network in NI, and improve its ultrafast full-fibre network.
There will also be 100 new apprentice roles created as part of the investment.
Openreach employs more than 1,000 people in Northern Ireland.
The company maintains the network that connects most homes and businesses in the UK to the broadband and telephone network.
It said the funding would also be used to maintain and improve its ultrafast full fibre network.