Tagged: HEAnet & News
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Every Irish secondary school to get 100Mbps broadband by 2014 News
06.02.2012 By 2014, every secondary school in Ireland will have 100Mbps broadband, Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, and Education Minister Ruairi Quinn, TD, said today. The... -
HEAnet hits increased resilience and availability with Interxion News
31.03.2011 Interxion delivers greater resilience and high availability to HEAnet, the digital backbone of Ireland’s education and research sectors.Categories: Research, Networks, IT Organisation, IT Management, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Education, Data Centre -
O2 pact with HEAnet to release €10 a month student broadband News
22.08.2011 Mobile operator O2 has joined forces with HEAnet to offer low cost internet access to Irish students for €9.99 a month. The deal is also available to staff at HEAnet client...Categories: Communications, Education, Mobile, Mobility, Networking & Telecoms, Wireless Communications -
Exemplar Network to go live in four weeks News
24.05.2011 The Irish Government-backed Exemplar Network – a smart communications network that will serve as a magnet for foreign direct investment and help to incubate indigenous job...Tags: Exemplar Network, Telecoms, ESB, Intune Networks, BT, Bandwidth, Pat Rabbitte, Ericsson, HEAnet -
HEAnet to look at security options for schools broadband News
16.05.2011 The Higher Education Authority is sounding out the market to provide web filtering and network security for the Schools Broadband Network which comprises close to 3,900 schools. -
AirSpeed Telecom and HEAnet boost Gaeltacht bandwidth by 50 times News
17.01.2010 As the provider of nationwide networking services to Ireland's higher-education sector, as well as to Irish primary and secondary schools, HEAnet caters to one of the most... -
Laying the foundations for the schools of tomorrow News
02.02.2011 As the first 100Mbps digital schools were unveiled, former communications minister, Eamon Ryan TD, said 600 more schools are due to get essential broadband capacity.Categories: Web, Telecommunications, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Government, Education -
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. -
O2 offers student discount on broadband News
31.08.2010 O2 has signed a one-year deal with HEAnet, Ireland’s National Education and Research Network, to offer discounted broadband for students. -
CASE STUDY: HEAnet News
12.08.2010 Following a thorough analysis of the market, HEAnet chose Interxion to drive a world-class infrastructure that would allow for rapid expansion if required while assisting in the... -
Data centre giant plans growth in ‘internet capital of Europe’ News
02.07.2010 California-headquartered Digital Realty Trust – which has more than US$500m worth of data centre infrastructure under management in Europe – says it is expanding its workforce... -
DCU and AirSpeed join forces for WiMax trial News
08.01.2010 An innovative WiMax trial, co-ordinated by HEAnet, is now taking place at Dublin City University (DCU), to bring WiMax, aka, long-range wireless internet connectivity, to staff... -
New security safeguards to protect .ie registry News
18.12.2009 The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) has entered into an agreement with HEAnet, Ireland’s national education and research network, to hold an encrypted copy of the entire .ie domain... -
Next-generation broadband ‘unlikely’ in 3-5 years News
25.11.2009 ComReg has defined next-generation broadband as 25Mbps and higher. However, unless there’s a co-ordinated effort by industry and State, widespread next-generation access is... -
O2 and HEAnet in low cost broadband deal for students News
31.08.2009 Telefónica O2 has reduced the cost of mobile broadband for students to €9.99 per month on a 12 month contract as part of a collaboration with the third level sector’s internet... -
AirSpeed invests €500k to rollout 10Mbps business network News
22.07.2009 AirSpeed Telecom has been awarded 10.5GHz radio spectrum licenses by ComReg for Dundalk, Portlaoise, Wexford and Waterford and will invest €500,000 in 10Mbps services for... -
UCD gains super-fast connectivity via HEAnet News
28.01.2009 University College Dublin (UCD) has become the first Irish higher-education institute (HEI) to avail of a 10Gbps (10,000Mbps) connection to HEAnet, the Irish national education...Categories: Comms -
Student mobile broadband wars set to begin News
25.11.2008 Mobile operators offering mobile broadband will begin vying for the hearts – and wallets – of connected third-level students, following the latest deal by O2 and HEAnet...Categories: Comms -
300Mbps education network to benefit businesses in the West News
06.10.2008 High-speed telecoms services to businesses in rural areas equal to those in urban areas is the unexpected dividend following the Higher Education Authority’s (HEA) internet...Categories: Comms -
Ireland continues to lag European download speeds News
24.01.2008 The highest current download speed achieved in Ireland of 6.7MB, according to broadband speed analysis site Speedtest.net, trails that achieved in other European countries such...Categories: Comms