There is one achievement for which National Broadband Ireland (NBI) is ahead of schedule. The company tasked with rolling out nationwide rural broadband has just announced the replacement of its largest investors with a new backer, Asterion Industrial Partners. In February of this year, NBI chief executive Peter Hendrick had told The Currency that the search for new investors was under way: “I would expect it to be sometime before the end of this year, I’d say Q3, Q4.” The deal is now on the table, subject to approval by the Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan. Hendrick’s comment came on…

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