SIRO Launches Broadband Product, Delivering Substantial Environmental And Cost Benefits, For New Housing Developments
Broadband operator, SIRO, has announced it is launching a bespoke broadband product created for developers building new homes across Ireland. SIRO expects its new product, OpenPort, to deliver substantial environmental and cost benefits, with the company predicting the product will notably reduce the cost of rolling out broadband networks to new homes .
SIRO’s new product, OpenPort, will streamline the delivery of fibre broadband services to housing developments by instead providing a shared access broadband infrastructure onsite. This will avoid, as currently occurs, the costly over duplication of telecom infrastructures amongst multiple operators seeking to provide services to new housing estates.
Under forthcoming regulations, the Gigabit Infrastructure Act, which will take effect in Ireland from February 2026, developers are required to provide a fibre broadband infrastructure onsite which is accessible to multiple telecoms network operators.
SIRO’s new product, OpenPort, responds to this requirement by providing developers with a shared access fibre broadband service for their new developments, which will be compliant with these regulations.
Currently, to enable multiple operators serve a housing development, developers have been required to accommodate multiple broadband infrastructures onsite.
The negative impact of this method of rolling out fibre broadband in new developments has been the unnecessary duplication of broadband infrastructure onsite. This can lead to not only excessive expenditure, but also the avoidable use of limited site space to facilitate these multiple infrastructures.
With SIRO’s OpenPort, developers will still be able to accommodate multiple fibre broadband operators on their developments but with the advantage of using a single network infrastructure. A developer moving to SIRO’s OpenPort product will also enjoy environmental benefits by reducing the construction works needed to facilitate fibre broadband rollouts.
For homeowners and tenants, they will continue to enjoy choice and competition by maintaining access to multiple telecoms retailers.
SIRO has also analysed the financial benefits that can be achieved by adopting its OpenPort product and is confident that the product will substantially reduce the cost of deploying fibre broadband networks to new homes across the country.
SIRO has announced that its first OpenPort new development site will be at Monaleen in Limerick city. The development, known as Old Orchard, is being constructed by one of Ireland’s leading developers, the Homeland Group, and will see 131 new homes constructed at the site. These homes are expected to have first occupancy by Spring 2026.
More broadly, SIRO has confirmed that the OpenPort product will be available to all developers from Q2, 2026.
SIRO is a wholesale network operator, rolling out a fibre to the premise network across Ireland now available to almost 700,000 premises in 143 cities and towns. It network is built on the ESB’s existing electricity network, utilising both its overhead and underground ducting infrastructure.
Commenting on OpenPort, SIRO CEO John Keaney noted:
“Delivering fast and future proofed fibre broadband infrastructure and services to new homes is a small but essential part of the construction of new homes overall. A high-quality fibre to the home broadband connection is a non-negotiable for all homes, supporting how we now live and work.
“Like all the component parts of developing new homes, rolling out fibre broadband infrastructure comes at a cost – environmental, financial, resource and time wise – to broadband operators, developers and consumers.”
“Initiatives, like OpenPort, which can streamline the delivery process, reduce the timelines, and maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of building fibre broadband networks in new developments remain important.
“By reducing overduplication of broadband networks on new development sites, SIRO’s OpenPort will also give back much needed site space to developers, whilst also providing wider sustainability benefits.
“SIRO is excited to bring this product to market for developers from next year. The feedback to date on it from key stakeholders in the construction industry, who understand the benefits it can offer, has been hugely positive,” added Mr. Keaney.
Homeland Construction Director Mike Quaid noted:
“Homeland has worked with SIRO to deliver fibre broadband to our new homes across the country for several years now.
“The construction industry is constantly challenged to innovate, build more sustainability and efficiently, whilst maintaining affordability for home buyers. In terms of delivering fast, reliable and future proofed full fibre broadband for our home buyers and tenants, we see the huge potential of SIRO’s OpenPort to meet these objectives.”
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