Tagged: Fibre Infrastructure Investment & News
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High Court refuses Hutchison bid to block Eircom restructure News
17.05.2012 The High Court has dismissed an attempt by Hutchison Whampoa to block the restructure of struggling telco Eircom on the grounds that the Hong Kong conglomerate’s €2bn bid to buy... -
Eircom examiner rebuffs a second €2bn offer from Hutchison Whampoa News
11.05.2012 Struggling telecoms operator Eircom’s examiner has declined a second offer from conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of 3 Ireland. A proposed ‘scheme of arrangement’ is... -
UPC broadband subscribers grow 26pc to 272,700 in Q1 News
11.05.2012 Cable provider UPC has seen a 26pc increase in broadband subscriptions with numbers now standing at 272,700. Entry-level speeds currently stand at 25Mbps. -
BT all-Ireland revenues up 1pc to stg£757m News
11.05.2012 Telecoms and ICT provider BT this morning reported a 1pc increase in revenues for the year of stg£757m. It said its transformation process, ongoing inrastructure rollout north...Tags: O2, Northern Ireland, Investment, BT Business, BT, Telecoms, ICT, Vodafone, 3 Ireland, Fibre Infrastructure Investment, LLU -
Magnet buys UK FTTH player Velocity 1 - reveals fibre deal with Sky News
08.05.2012 Magnet Networks has entered the UK fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) market with the acquisition of a 90pc stake in UK fibre broadband player Velocity 1 from Quintain Estates and... -
#DIF12 – Infrastructure is key to reaping rewards of big data News
26.03.2012 Ireland must invest in the next generation of digital infrastructure to enable the country to steal a march and sustain its present edge in the emerging big data world, the CEO... -
Eircom ends sales process – lenders’ new plan supported ‘in principle’ News
14.03.2012 After completing the M&A process with no satisfactory bids apparent, Eircom has in principle welcomed revised proposals from first lien lenders that may kick start a €400m... -
99pc of UPC broadband subscribers on 20Mbps speeds and higher News
23.02.2012 UPC’s Irish division reported a 100,000 increase in broadband, phone and TV subscriptions in 2011. Total broadband subscribers amount to 255,400, a 28pc increase year-on-year....Categories: Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Eircom fibre rollout – plans to reach 1m homes in three years News
20.02.2012 Eircom this evening warned senior lenders that its earnings for the last six months are down on last year and behind target. It also revealed that its fibre broadband rollout... -
Holy smokes! BT plans to offer 300Mbps broadband across UK News
03.02.2012 Following successful trials of FTTP on Demand in Cornwall, BT says it will soon be able to offer end users speeds of up to 300Mbps anywhere on BT’s fibre footprint, including... -
Fibre network crosses Irish Sea and lands in Wales News
01.02.2012 The CeltixConnect fibre gateway landed today at Porth Darfarch in Wales, connecting the financial centres of Ireland with those of London, Manchester and beyond. -
Openreach to fibre-enable 178 exchanges across the UK News
14.12.2011 BT's Openreach arm has added a further 178 exchanges to its fibre deployment programme. The majority of the exchanges will be enabled in 2012 and cover more than 1.8m homes and... -
Hibernia Atlantic in global fibre deal with Huawei News
16.01.2012 Hibernia Atlantic has signed a major construction deal with Huawei that will see the Chinese telecoms giant deploy its US$300m transatlantic Project Express network that will... -
Sea Fibre Networks deal with Colt opens a gateway to Europe News
10.01.2012 Sea Fibre Networks, the owner of brand new UK-Ireland fibre network CeltixConnect, has signed a deal with European telco Colt to connect Colt to its low-latency network. -
Comms 2011 - the year we began joining the dots News
27.12.2011 The year 2011 was a crucial year in joining the various dots that would turn Ireland into one of the world's foremost digital economies, from getting the ball rolling on 4G and...Categories: Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Networking, Data Management, Communications, Telecommunications -
Aurora Telecom deploys dark fibre in Shannon region News
16.12.2011 Bord Gais subsidiary Aurora Telecom has deployed a new dark-fibre infrastructure around Shannon Free Zone and connecting Smithstown business parks. -
US$15m UK-Ireland fibre network begins rollout today News
12.12.2011 A US$15m sub-sea network connecting Ireland and the UK will begin the process of being laid from Dublin today – the first sub-sea cable laid in 11 years. The network will take... -
US$300m transatlantic fibre network to arrive on Ireland’s west coast News
02.12.2011 A major transatlantic fibre optic network will come ashore at Belmullet in Mayo in early 2013 that will link data centres in Ireland and Iceland with the financial capitals of... -
Decision ‘imminent’ on connecting Cork to global US$300m fibre network News
03.11.2011 Government and telecoms industry decision makers have just a window of months to decide if Cork city and region – home to some of the biggest tech and pharmaceutical operations... -
BT now connects three-quarters of NI with fibre News
03.11.2011 BT Ireland revenues for the half year ended 30 September were broadly flat, the company reported today. Derry has become the first city to have all cabinets upgraded to fibre...