Categorised as: Networking & Telecoms & News
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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 -
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... -
Ireland is the second-most globalised economy in the world News
25.01.2011 Ireland ranked second after Hong Kong as the second-most globalised economy in the world, moving up one place in the rankings of the Ernst & Young Globalisation Index 2010. -
US plans ‘internet kill switch’ amid Middle East turmoil News
30.01.2011 In what has to be the ultimate irony or simply bad timing, the United States is in the midst of revisiting the creation of an internet kill switch to defend against cyber...Categories: Wireless Communications, Web, Social Media, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Internet, Government, Communications -
Global SMS traffic set to hit 9trn in four years News
26.01.2011 Global SMS traffic is set to grow from 5trn in 2010 to at least 8.7trn by 2015, according to new research. Global SMS revenues are to grow from US$105.5bn today to US$136.9bn by...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Communications -
Eircom appoints new wholesale boss News
26.01.2011 Eircom has appointed telecoms industry veteran Chris Hutchings to take up the role of managing director for wholesale after John McKeon departed the position in October for a... -
Google acquires celebrity voice start-up SayNow News
26.01.2011 Google has acquired a California-based social telephony start-up loved by celebrities called SayNow, which has already amassed a user base of 15m users. -
EMC predicts 44-fold increase in global data News
25.01.2011 The rise and rise of cloud computing has been attributed to the 21pc growth in 2010 revenues for storage giant EMC, which reported sales of US$17bn for the year. Local... -
Verizon takes case against FCC over net neutrality News
21.01.2011 The new net neutrality rules imposed recently by the Federal Communications Commission have attracted a lawsuit by Verizon alleging the FCC exceeded its authority.Categories: Wireless Communications, Web, Telecommunications, Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Government, Communications -
Imagine claims 4G first with launch of 10Mbps service News
20.01.2011 WiMax provider Imagine has launched a new 10 megabits per second (Mbps) broadband service following the completion of phase 1 of its 4G WiMax phone and broadband network across...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Communications -
New Facebook app brings social to 2,500 mobile phones News
20.01.2011 In what can be considered an innovative and no doubt magnanimous gesture, social media giant Facebook has developed a new mobile app that can be accessed on more than 2,500...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Apps Zone, Apps -
Exigent deploys major LAN upgrade at GlaxoSmithKline News
20.01.2011 ICT solutions firm Exigent Networks has completed a significant upgrade of the LAN infrastructure for GlaxoSmithKline using the latest Cisco Technology at its Irish facility in... -
Demand for IT workers to be five times UK's average News
19.01.2011 Demand for skilled IT workers is set to accelerate in the next five years. In the UK, a leading skills group has warned that the IT and telecoms workforce will require at least... -
AirSpeed Telecom in €90k broadband deal with Eurolink News
17.12.2010 Nationwide wireless carrier AirSpeed Telecom has signed a two-year contract worth €90,000 with Eurolink M3 and M4 that will provide the public-private partnership with a 100Mbps... -
Bandwidth is 10 times greater for the Gaeltacht News
17.12.2010 Internet bandwidth is now more than 10 times faster for businesses and universities in the western Gaeltacht regions, thanks to a collaboration between Airspeed Telecom and HEAnet. -
Driving the wireless revolution News
17.01.2010 Solid engineering principles are making the difference in bringing 21st-century broadband to organisations in a diverse range of locations, AirSpeed Telecom's CEO Liam O’Kelly... -
Sky plans to swap 33 channels for HD in new EPG move News
18.01.2011 Satellite broadcaster Sky is implementing one of the biggest changes to its channel line-up for over a decade involving the swap out of 33 channels in Sky’s HD pack with its... -
Top European email newsletter provider in MAN deal News
17.01.2011 Cork-based Newsweaver, which has grown to become one of Europe’s top email newsletter software providers, has struck a deal with Cork Internet Exchange (CIX) to connect to the... -
Unified comms market to be worth US$16.6bn by 2014 News
14.01.2011 The EMEA unified communications (UC) market was worth just over US$8bn last year but will grow to US$16.6bn by 2014, according to IDC.Categories: Unified Communications, Open Source, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Communications, CIO -
LTE is fastest-developing system in history of telecoms News
13.01.2011 With more than 180 operators in 70 countries now investing in long term evolution (LTE), the 4G mobile technology has been labelled the fastest-developing system in the history...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Networking, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Communications