The UK telecoms regulator Ofcom is to trial ‘white space’ technology in the UK to use the gaps in radio spectrum to provide better broadband in rural areas. The trial is one of the first of its kind in Europe.
26.Apr.2013 13:07
The city of Cork’s digital aspirations have been given a welcome boost with the news that global data network operator Colt has connected the city to mainland Europe via its 43,000 km dedicated network.
25.Apr.2013 10:47
A global study of average measured broadband connection speeds by Akamai for the fourth quarter of 2012 has shown that although Ireland ranked a respectable 15th out of 98 countries in terms of broadband speeds, it was one of the few countries to see speed levels fall year-on-year.
24.Apr.2013 10:42
Just five months after launching its first 4G services, Everything Everywhere (EE) this morning reported it has now reached 320,000 4G subscribers in the UK and is on target to achieve 1m subscribers by the end of the year.
23.Apr.2013 10:49
Online insurance broker Chill has awarded AirSpeed Telecom a €500,000 three-year contract to establish a next-generation contact centre.
22.Apr.2013 13:01
Onstage at the AllThingsD Dive Into Mobile conference today, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum revealed that the cross-platform mobile messaging app has more monthly active users than Twitter, processing 8bn inbound and 12bn outbound messages per day.
16.Apr.2013 17:46
Already 50pc of online purchases by Irish consumers are with overseas websites and Irish firms that fail to tackle the digital economy face tough challenges down the line, the chief executive of UPC Ireland Dana Strong has warned.
16.Apr.2013 17:12
Cable operator UPC has raised the competitive stakes in the Irish broadband market with news that it will transition all of its broadband customers to an entry-level speed of 50Mbps. In addition, the company has rolled out the first of its interactive apps that bring 45 channels to iPhone and iPad devices and it has said that the arrival of its next-generation Horizon set-top box is imminent.
16.Apr.2013 12:39
Mobile operator Three Ireland has today announced a partnership with Samsung Electronics UK to deploy an LTE network offering speeds of 100Mbps, which will reach customers later this year.
10.Apr.2013 11:18
The city of Austin, Texas, is to receive a boost in the form of the rollout of Google Fibre, the same high-speed fibre network the internet search giant has been rolling out across Kansas City since November.
09.Apr.2013 17:25
Local internet service providers (ISPs) and technology organisations in Cork City are putting their weight behind Cloud Valley, an ambitious plan to develop fibre infrastructure in the Cork region that could see the area attract the next generation of internet giants into the area.
09.Apr.2013 14:13
The UK’s only operational licensed 4G provider Everything Everywhere is planning to double the speed of its wireless services to 80Mbps per month. The company, a joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile – predicts it will have 1m LTE users by December.
09.Apr.2013 12:00
At this stage we shouldn’t really be surprised, but here it is: Ireland is in second last place out of seven countries served by movie-streaming service Netflix in terms of the quality of broadband experienced by the service’s users.
09.Apr.2013 11:13
In response to dramatic increases in Wi-Fi streaming in hotel rooms and conferences, wireless services provider BitBuzz has revealed that it is to deploy fibre to hotels to handle a 100pc increase in bandwidth demand.
08.Apr.2013 17:35
Skype users are now gobbling up 2bn minutes per day connecting with each other over the VoIP service, Skype owner Microsoft has announced.
05.Apr.2013 09:17
Denis O’Brien has assembled a consortium of investors that includes US-Hungarian billionaire businessman and philantropist George Soros and Myanmar business leader Serge Pun to secure one of two telecoms licences being offered by the government of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.
04.Apr.2013 11:55
