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Technology M&A activity to pick up in 2013, claims report News
25.02.2013 A review of Ireland’s merger and acquisition (M&A) market for 2012 predicts that there will be a new phase of activity in this sector over the coming years, particularly as a... -
Weekend news round-up: Google expansion, no more remote working at Yahoo!, Pope to leave Twitter News
25.02.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech news from the weekend, Google plans to expand its HQ, Yahoo!'s CEO puts the kibosh on remote working, and will the Pope shut down his... -
Telcos seek Oireachtas meeting over next-generation broadband News
22.02.2013 Licensed telecoms body ALTO is seeking an Oireachtas hearing over the introduction of Next Generation Access (NGA) for broadband by Eircom, claiming its members were given...Categories: Telecommunications, Infrastructure Management, Government, Digital Media, Communications -
The technology business week: Economic impact of the ‘Internet of Everything’, Eircom expands fibre rollout News
25.02.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
Eircom next-gen network is future proofed for fibre-to-the-home - CEO News
21.02.2013 Eircom CEO Herb Hribar has revealed that the fibre-connected street cabinets that will enable 1.2m homes and businesses in Ireland to get 50Mbps to 70Mbps broadband by 2014 have... -
Digital economy is key to jobs growth, says Ireland’s Taoiseach News
21.02.2013 The digital economy has a major role to play in Ireland’s economic recovery and Ireland is in a position to claim the title of Digital Capital of Europe, Ireland’s Taoiseach... -
Eircom expands fibre rollout plan to 1.2m homes, Q2 revenues fall 6pc News
21.02.2013 Despite falling revenues, Eircom this morning revealed it has expanded its fibre rollout plan from 1m homes to 1.2m homes – or 60pc of homes and businesses in Ireland. -
Irish authorities to investigate if 4G will disrupt TV signals in homes News
20.02.2013 Ireland’s Department of Communications has confirmed that a working group has been established to examine the degree to which TV signals will be interfered with when 4G LTE... -
Vodafone appoints Anne O’Leary as CEO of its Irish operation News
19.02.2013 Anne O’Leary has been appointed CEO of Vodafone Ireland to replace the outgoing CEO Jeroen Hoencamp, who is taking up the role of executive director of Cable & Wireless... -
Google sues BT over four patents News
14.02.2013 Internet search giant Google has launched lawsuits against telecoms company BT in the UK and US, claiming BT has infringed several of its technologies. The lawsuits follow the... -
Telecoms industry bewildered as ComReg decides to split market News
12.02.2013 Ireland’s telecoms watchdog ComReg is to press ahead with a controversial wholesale decision that will divide the telecoms market into areas where a variety of price margin... -
Vodafone urges iPhone 4S users not to upgrade to iOS 6.1 News
11.02.2013 Vodafone UK has called on iPhone 4S users to hold back on upgrading to iOS 6.1 which it says impacts performance over 3G networks. -
Kroes’ disappointment as 2020 broadband plan for rural areas potentially in tatters News
11.02.2013 The European Union’s decision to chop €7bn off the €9.2bn earmarked to meet the Digital Agenda goals of 100Mbps for half of Europe could impact on countries' ability to deliver...Categories: Telecommunications, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Digital Business, Communications -
Global mobile internet data traffic to increase 13-fold by 2017 - Cisco News
06.02.2013 The rise and rise of mobile internet connections will lead worldwide mobile data traffic to explode 13-fold over the next four years, reaching 11.2 exabytes per month, a new... -
Eircom crews to work over weekend to fix weather-related faults News
01.02.2013 Eircom crews will be working throughout the weekend to repair faults severe weather caused this past week, with Wednesday night’s lightning storms in parts of Ireland resulting... -
Eircom invests stg£2m in expansion into UK telecoms market News
01.02.2013 Eircom said this morning it has completed a stg£2m investment to expand its network into the UK. The telco is now targeting UK firms with services that include managed services... -
Russia-launched satellite crashes into Pacific seconds after lift-off News
01.02.2013 A Russian rocket carrying a telecommunications satellite crashed into the Pacific Ocean this morning around 50 seconds after it blasted off from an ocean-based floating platform. -
BT Group profits up by 7pc despite declining revenue News
01.02.2013 Telecoms group BT this morning posted third-quarter revenues of stg£4.51bn, down 6pc from the same quarter a year ago, but cost-cutting measures have helped its profits grow by... -
Dublin telecoms software firm Amartus raises €1.2m investment News
31.01.2013 Amartus, a Dublin-based developer of next-generation service delivery solutions for the telecommunications industry, has raised €1.2m as part of a syndicated investment to... -
Don’t discount copper networks to meet superfast broadband targets, EU expert says News
30.01.2013 Under ambitious targets set out under European Commissioner Neelie Kroes’ Digital Agenda for Europe strategy, by 2020 all homes and businesses will have a minimal standard of...