Categorised as: Communications & News
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Tiny tech spells end of cell towers and base stations News
07.02.2011 Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled a pioneering new technology – shaped like a Rubix Cube – that will not only deliver universal broadband coverage but will do away with mobile masts... -
NCTE’s Webwise and UPC publish e-safety book for kids News
07.02.2011 UPC and Webwise have launched a new e-safety activity booklet, Play and Learn: Being Online, aimed at children using the internet. Available in nine languages, the booklet’s... -
Elop plans major executive ‘shakeup’ at Nokia News
07.02.2011 In a move calculated to arrest Nokia’s decline, its new CEO Stephen Elop is planning a major shakeup of Nokia’s executive board ahead of a crucial tie-up with Microsoft’s... -
Adoption of IPv6 is now of paramount importance News
04.02.2011 It’s goodbye to the web as we knew it and hello to a web with a bit more room. Last night the final batches of IPv4 web addresses were issued to regional bodies. The future now... -
Labour reveals its digital plan for Ireland News
31.01.2011 ‘Labour’s Plan for Digital Ireland’ is how Eamon Gilmore TD, the Labour Leader, put it as he unveiled his vision for how broadband infrastructure will be key to jobs and... -
Magnet launches Twitter and Facebook integrated TV service News
31.01.2011 Broadband provider Magnet has launched a free web-based live TV service with Facebook and Twitter integration. The service comes with RTE1, RTE 2, TV3, TG4 and 3e and can be...Categories: Social Media, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Complete Telecom secures €160k deal with Dept of Comms News
01.02.2011 Irish-owned Complete Telecom has successfully obtained a €160,000 contract to provide high availability telecoms connectivity to the Department of Communications, Energy and... -
Upward spiral of MEMS in 2011 News
04.02.2011 This year, media tablets are predicted to be the fastest-growing market for microelectromechanicalsystems (MEMS) in the consumer electronics and mobile segment. -
Parents are being called on to ‘Get Webwise! – Get Involved!’ News
02.02.2011 Safer Internet Day will be celebrated on Tuesday, 8 February 2011, in Ireland and 65 countries around the world, writes NCTE’s Simon Grehan. -
Vodafone femtocells will pave the way for LTE roll out News
03.02.2011 Vodafone’s launch of femtocells in Ireland are a forerunner to the eventual deployment of long term evolution 4G networks which will include mesh networks made up of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Consumer Tech, Communications -
One in two devices sold by Vodafone are smartphones News
03.02.2011 As Vodafone begins its femtocell strategy in Ireland, the company reported a 34,000 increase in customers in the past quarter and that despite the recession Irish people still...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Communications -
Internet to run out of available IP addresses tomorrow News
03.02.2011 Tomorrow the internet will exceed the number of IP addresses available, speeding up the need for internet protocol version 6 or IPv6 to replace version 4. -
AR apps attract $1.5bn revenue stream by 2015 News
02.02.2011 Augmented reality apps have the potential to achieve revenues of US$1.5bn by 2015, new research claims. -
NewBay reveals new on-demand video tool for smartphones News
01.02.2011 Irish mobile software player NewBay has revealed a new on-demand video component for its LifeCache Platform for mobile operators and mobile device manufacturers.Categories: Software & Web Development, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Communications -
Android becomes world’s No 1 smartphone platform News
01.02.2011 Google’s Android operating system has just become the dominant platform for smartphones, having shipped 33m devices, or one-third of the 101m shipped in Q4, according to Canalys.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Google and Twitter reveal ‘speak-to-tweet’ system for Egypt News
31.01.2011 Google and Twitter have revealed a new innovation that could help Egyptian citizens blocked by their own government from the internet to use ordinary phone calls to tweet via... -
Egypt cuts internet connections ahead of protests News
28.01.2011 Egypt has cut off its internet connections ahead of today’s protests, which are set to be the biggest yet against President Hosni Mubarak. -
Smartphones drive 18pc growth in global mobile shipments News
31.01.2011 The worldwide mobile phone market grew 17.9pc in the fourth quarter of 2010, a new quarterly high driven by demand for smartphones.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Communications -
The digital miracle cure for Ireland News
31.01.2011 In his look back on the week, Siliconrepublic.com editor John Kennedy argues more Irish firms and budding entrepreneurs need to get tuned into e-commerce if they are to pull... -
Weekend news roundup News
31.01.2011 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers, from Apple growing too fast for its own good, Egypt's draconian cyber censorship, the boom in...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Business, Communications