Categorised as: Networking & Telecoms
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Verizon denies joint plans with AT&T to bid for Vodafone in €200bn mega merger News
03.04.2013 US telecoms player Verizon has blasted speculation that it plans to co-operate with AT&T in a bid to buy UK telecoms giant Vodafone in a transaction rumoured to be worth in... -
Irish internet users saw little impact of major cyberattack - INEX News
02.04.2013 The exchange that handles 95pc of data traffic from Irish people using the internet has said it was unaffected while a major cyberattack was in progress last week, as a backlash... -
Bitbuzz revenues up 28pc to €1.9m – will spread Freedom to other Irish cities News
02.04.2013 Wi-Fi provider BitBuzz said today it experienced a 28pc year-on-year increase in revenue to €1.94m in 2012, up from €1.4m in 2011. Successful uptake of its Bitbuzz freedom... -
O2 opens online presales for Samsung Galaxy S4 News
02.04.2013 Samsung’s latest smartphone the Galaxy S4 will be released in Ireland in late April and network operator O2 will from today begin taking pre-orders for the device.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Facebook smartphone to become a reality – 'New Home on Android' with HTC News
29.03.2013 Facebook has invited press to a briefing at its Silicon Valley headquarters to reveal a new HTC device with an Android OS modified to reflect ‘Facebook Home’. True to its word,... -
Cork County Council awards €1m wireless network contract to Exigent News
28.03.2013 Cork County Council has awarded a €1m maintenance contract to Exigent Networks, a provider of microwave wireless and data over IP systems. -
Authorities arrest divers trying to cut undersea cable off Egyptian coast News
28.03.2013 Egypt's coastguard has arrested three divers reportedly trying to cut through a subsea internet cable of telecommunications company Telecom Egypt. The damage to the cable slowed... -
Breakthrough fibre can transfer data at 99.7pc the speed of light – 73 terabits per second News
28.03.2013 Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK have claimed to produce optical fibre that can transfer data at 99.7pc the speed of light. -
Digiweb to enhance high-speed broadband availability in five Irish regions News
27.03.2013 Dublin, Dundalk, Drogheda, Limerick and Letterkenny should soon see greater availability of high-speed broadband on the back of an investment by telecommunications company Digiweb. -
New EU rules to cut red tape from broadband rollouts – move could save €60bn News
26.03.2013 European Commission vice-president responsible for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes today revealed proposed new rules that will cut the cost of rolling out high-speed internet...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Infrastructure Management, Government, Engineering, Digital Media, CIO -
Airfibre launches B2B broadband services across Cork City News
25.03.2013 High capacity wireless broadband provider Airfibre has deployed its 1Mbps up to 1Gbps broadband service in Cork. -
San Francisco mayor to ‘virtually’ lead two transatlantic St Patrick’s Day parades News
16.03.2013 For the first time, a mayor will lead St Patrick’s Day parades on both sides of the Atlantic. Enabled by Cisco’s TelePresence technology, the mayor of San Francisco Ed Lee will... -
Household broadband penetration in Ireland stands at 65pc – ComReg News
14.03.2013 Almost two-thirds of Irish households now have a broadband connection, the latest quarterly report from ComReg reveals. -
ECC decision to enable better broadband satellite service for trains, planes and ships News
13.03.2013 Plane, trains and ships may receive better broadband satellite service within weeks now that the expert group responsible for harmonising the efficient use of the radio spectrum... -
Noel Meaney sells ownership stake in Citadel100 data centre group News
11.03.2013 Irish data centre and telecoms entrepreneur Noel Meaney has sold his ownership stake in Dublin-headquartered Citadel 100 Datacenters Ltd. The 50pc stake was acquired by Securus... -
UPC reports 16.5m views on its On Demand player in nine months News
11.03.2013 Cable TV and broadband provider UPC has reported 16.5m views of On Demand content since its launch last May.Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Eishtec reveals plans to hire a further 100 people News
11.03.2013 Waterford call centre company Eishtec, which in December announced 250 new jobs, is planning to recruit an additional 100 people. -
ComReg maintains Eircom wholesale NGA launch date of 20 May News
08.03.2013 Ireland telecoms regulator ComReg has restored the launch of wholesale next-generation access (NGA) broadband from 8 April to the original target date of 20 May in response to... -
Eircom rolls out Wi-Fi at 70 Irish Rail and DART stations News
08.03.2013 Eircom has revealed plans to extend its WiFiHub network to 70 Irish Rail and DART stations, with more to follow over the next few months. The move will bring the number of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Consumer Tech, Communications, Apps -
Working in 2016: 35pc of workers will no longer see work as a destination News
07.03.2013 By 2016, more than a third of workers around the world will no longer see the physical workplace as a place they have to go to, thanks to the cloud and bring your own device...