Categorised as: Networking & Telecoms
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Bell Labs president: Europe needs to catch up on 4G to derive economic benefit (video) News
19.06.2013 The president of Bell Labs, the communications innovation powerhouse arm of Alcatel-Lucent, has said that Europe’s fragmented mobile industry is the prime reason why Europe is... -
Killarney rolls out free Wi-Fi in Bitbuzz deal News
17.06.2013 Killarney, Co Kerry, is about to become the first town in Ireland to roll out complementary Wi-Fi to passers-by and tourists after signing a deal with Bitbuzz. The move follows... -
Google pleads the First – wants removal of gagging order on data requests News
19.06.2013 Citing the First Amendment, Google has petitioned the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow it to publish aggregate numbers of national US security requests. In the... -
Openet acquires UCD spin-out Forkstream News
19.06.2013 Transaction management software developer Openet has acquired University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out Forkstream for an undisclosed sum.Categories: Software, Networking & Telecoms, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deals Done, Communications -
Apple reveals US law agencies made up to 5,000 data requests News
17.06.2013 In the fallout over revelations of the PRISM programme, technology giant Apple has said it does not provide any government agency direct access to its servers and revealed it... -
Weekend news round-up: Snoopgate fallout continues; Saudi Arabia to ban Whatsapp News
17.06.2013 The fallout over Edward Snowden’s leakage of sensitive information about US intelligence surveillance of the internet continues and tech giants are taking it upon themselves to... -
Broadband penetration in Ireland rose just 0.1pc in Q1 News
13.06.2013 Broadband subscriptions, both fixed and mobile, increased just 0.1pc on the previous quarter and stood at 1.6m at the end of March, ComReg reported in its latest market report. -
Jobs boost potential as Govt makes €6.4bn available to invest in infrastructure News
13.06.2013 Thousands of new jobs may be on the cards in the construction of vital infrastructure in the areas of broadband, transport, energy and essential services after the Government of... -
Ireland’s High Court orders six ISPs to block access to The Pirate Bay News
12.06.2013 In the latest development in a long-running battle between major music labels and Irish internet service providers (ISPs), the High Court of Ireland has ordered six ISPs –... -
EU Commissioner Reding to take US to task over PRISM in Dublin this week News
12.06.2013 Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner, has added her voice to the chorus of questions directed towards the US Attorney General over revelations surrounding PRISM, the US... -
Google asks US govt to report full scale of NSA data requests News
12.06.2013 In a letter to the US Attorney General and the FBI, Google’s chief legal officer David Drummond has asked the US government to publicly reveal the full scale and volume of... -
Rabbitte appoints two new commissioners to ComReg News
11.06.2013 Ireland’s Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has appointed two new commissioners to telecoms regulator ComReg during what he describes as a “critical time” in the... -
Console wars return as Sony reveals powerful PlayStation 4 to take on Microsoft’s Xbox One News
11.06.2013 At E3, consumer tech giant Sony unveiled a US$399 (€302) PlayStation 4 (PS4) that will go on sale this autumn. Sony revealed powerful hardware packaged in a sleek body along...Tags: Games Consoles, Video Games, PS3, PlayStation Vita, Activision, Bungie, Hardware, Xbox One, Xbox, Microsoft, PlayStation, PlayStation 4, Sony -
Openet deploys dynamic billing system for T-Mobile Netherlands News
10.06.2013 Dublin-based telecoms software company Openet has won a key deal with T-Mobile in the Netherlands to deploy a real-time billing platform.Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Investments, Networking & Telecoms, Phones, Wireless Communications -
‘116 000’ Missing Children’s Hotline now operating on 24-hour basis News
07.06.2013 The 116 000 Missing Children’s Hotline which had been established on a pilot basis by the ISPCC in December is now operational on a 24-hour basis.Tags: An Garda Siochana, Communications, -
Europe’s a 4G laggard because of a lack of regulatory certainty News
05.06.2013 Despite Europe being the original leader in terms of GSM and 3G technologies, the region is considerably behind the US and Asia when it comes to 4G. An expert warns that... -
UPC Ireland CEO named new COO of Virgin Media News
04.06.2013 Dana Strong, the chief executive of UPC Ireland who oversaw the cable telecoms player surpass the 1m broadband customer milestone, has been named the new chief operations... -
Valentia Island’s role in laying trans-Atlantic cable could make it a world heritage site News
31.05.2013 An international heritage project to explore the historical contribution Valentia Island in Kerry made in linking Europe and North America via trans-Atlantic cables will kick... -
UPC creates 30 new jobs specifically for job-seekers in Limerick News
31.05.2013 Broadband and TV player UPC is offering 30 full-time positions to candidates who complete the Jobseekers Support Programme (JSSP) 2013 at its customer service centre in Roxboro,... -
Neelie Kroes wants to end mobile roaming in Europe by Easter 2014 News
30.05.2013 Mobile roaming could be a thing of the past by Easter 2014 if Neelie Kroes, vice-president for the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, has her way. In a...