Tagged: Broadband & News
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Dempsey sets industry 400k broadband challenge News
21.10.2004 New communications minister Noel Dempsey has challenged the Irish telecommunications industry to have a minimum of 400,000 broadband subscribers achieved by the end of 2006....Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Irish Broadband embarks on SOHO strategy News
13.10.2004 Fixed wireless broadband provider Irish Broadband has embarked on a strategy to provide small office home office (SOHO) workers and consumers with wireless broadband for €25 (ex...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Irish Broadband to trial WiMax, reveals plans for VoIP News
28.09.2004 Fixed wireless communications player Irish Broadband is planning to commence trials of the forthcoming revolutionary wide area wireless broadband technology WiMax as part of a...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
UK broadband lines reach five million subscribers News
28.09.2004 The number of subscribers to UK broadband networks breached the five million barrier in September, according to broadband monitoring firm Broadband Subscriber Database (BSD).Categories: Comms -
Telco to create 30 jobs News
15.09.2004 Telecoms provider Perlico has said it will create an additional 30 jobs over the next six months, bringing employment to 50.Categories: Comms -
IrelandOffline to continue broadband lobby efforts News
14.09.2004 Broadband lobby group IrelandOffline has voted to remain in existence following an extraordinary general meeting at the weekend. The organisation also plans to publish the...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
DSL rollout dogged by high line failure rates News
07.09.2004 Less than 50pc of the 1.7 million phone lines in the Republic are capable of carrying digital subscriber line (DSL) due to a number of factors, including distance from the...Categories: Comms -
The Friday Interview: Tommy McCabe, Telecoms and Internet Federation News
03.09.2004 As director of an IBEC lobby group covering the volatile telecoms and internet sectors, Tommy McCabe ( pictured ) has been a prime witness to the tumult that engulfed that...Categories: Careers and EmploymentTags: Broadband -
Local loop price proposal gets lukewarm welcome News
01.09.2004 IrelandOffline, the broadband lobby group, has expressed its disappointment at the draft decision by the telecoms regulator to set the local loop unbundling (LLU) price at...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
DSL fuels net access for more Irish businesses News
18.08.2004 More small businesses in Ireland use DSL for internet access than any other means, the latest figures from IDC indicate. Overall, DSL is found in 31pc of all organisations,...Categories: Comms -
E-Net promises ‘disruptive pricing’ News
29.07.2004 The announcement last month that the Government contract to manage the state’s €70m investment in Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) around the country had been won by the tender...Categories: BusinessTags: Broadband -
Government reveals town takers for broadband scheme News
20.07.2004 The towns of Kinnegad, Kilbeggan and Gweedore have become the first locations to avail of the Government’s €25m Group Broadband Scheme. Further towns and villages with less than...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Broadband key to Shannon town development plan News
20.07.2004 A new initiative to catalyse the regeneration of urban towns in the West has been launched today by Shannon Development.Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Cooke quits Ireland Offline to head new broadband group News
19.07.2004 Ireland Offline, the internet access lobby group, is to continue despite a motion proposed at its AGM this weekend that the organisation be disbanded.Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
E-Net Promises ‘disruptive pricing’ News
15.07.2004 E-Net, the managed service entity appointed to run the country’s metropolitan area networks (MANs), has pledged to drive down prices and stimulate greater demand for broadband...Categories: BusinessTags: Broadband -
Ireland-US corporate broadband package launched News
14.07.2004 Fast moving Irish telco Smart Telecom has joined forces with the Irish Exporters Association to introduce a dedicated corporate broadband package for Irish companies that trade... -
125 jobs for Limerick as E-Net declared broadband manager News
29.06.2004 UPDATE: The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources has awarded a 15-year contract to the telecoms consortium E-Net to manage the 26 metropolitan area...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Former Taoiseach lambasts broadband deficit News
23.06.2004 Ireland is way behind the rest of the developed world in access to broadband communications, former Taoiseach John Bruton said in the Dail today in an attack on the present...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Writing's on the wall for old IT problems News
14.06.2004 Located next door to the Irish Writers’ Museum, the Irish Writers’ Centre ( www.writerscentre.ie ) plays a vital role for the Irish literary community. “Our remit is to promote...Categories:Tags: Broadband -
WiMAX could be a hit in rural markets News
10.06.2004 Ireland and Australia - markets with high GDP but low broadband penetration – have been cited as the markets with the most to gain for fixed and mobile network operators that...Categories: Comms