Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 October 2005
125 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of activity on each of the metropolitan area networks in operation during the first six months of 2005 in relation to the development telecommunications infrastructure; and the overall value in sales from those transactions. [27838/05]
View answerE-net has taken charge of all 19 metropolitan area networks under phase 1 of the MANs programme. This handover phase has been ongoing over the course of the last year with different networks coming on stream at different stages. It is E-net's responsibility to manage, maintain and operate the networks. Activity has now begun on the networks with several customer contracts being signed by E-net, including arrangements for backhaul. The details of these contracts are commercially sensitive and are a matter for E-net.
