Internet service provider Wireless Connect has brought a challenge to the EU courts against the European Commission over the National Broadband Plan. The action, filed in recent weeks, is to challenge the Commission’s decision in a state aid complaint by the Tipperary firm that found in favour of the Irish government. The European Commission issued a decision at the end of 2024 after a five-year procedure that rejected the service provider’s claims and did not open a formal investigation. Wireless Connect had complained in 2019 about the processes around the National Broadband Plan (NBP), the state-backed rural broadband scheme, which…

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