David McCourt, founder and Chairman of Granahan McCourt Capital, has had a long career in telecommunications and has not stopped! During his career, he has had an affinity for connecting rural areas like Sacramento/Roseville back in the 90s to broadband/internet. With the Ireland deal he will be connecting high-speed fibre broadband to 1.1 million people that do not have it now. David tells Don Witt of The Chanel Daily News, a TR publication, how the rural areas have traditionally been underserved by telecommunications and the internet and how it is not fare. He will be leveling the playing field for the rural areas of Ireland and providing them the same job and educational opportunities that urban areas have available. David McCourt David will be discussing: Whose responsibility do you think it is to solve this urban/rural digital divide? What’s the scale of the problem? How do you think the Covid-19 pandemic will have highlighted the connectivity challenges for rural areas around the world? What options do countries have to try and fix connectivity for the homes and business that have been ‘left behind’ by commercial operators? Last year, David published his latest best-selling book that is available on Amazon called “Total Rethink”. Granahan McCourt Capital has world-leading experience in designing, building and deploying large-scale telecoms infrastructure. Founder, David McCourt, has held senior roles as CEO, President or board member at some of the biggest telecom network operators, including Level 3 Communications, MFS Communications, Corporate Communications Network and WorldCom. For more information, go to: https://granahanmccourt.com/ or https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191119005607/en/Granahan-McCourt-owned-National-Broadband-Ireland-signs or www.nbi.ie David always interested to talk more about his book and some of the themes within it. More info at www.davidmccourt.com
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