Tagged: Broadband & News
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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 -
Limerick MAN opens for business News
04.06.2004 Kevin Thompstone, chief executive, Shannon Development and chairman, Shannon Broadband has hailed the completion of the 42km fibre ring or metropolitan area network around...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Irish Broadband gets nine new wireless licences News
01.06.2004 Wireless broadband service provider Irish Broadband has been granted nine additional fixed wireless licenses by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg).Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Eircom DSL levels for towns “impossible to reach” News
25.05.2004 Many of the broadband trigger levels set by Eircom for small towns to qualify to receive DSL connections are too high to be achievable, an investigation by the telecoms lobbyist...Categories: Comms -
Wireless heads north-west to Virginia News
28.04.2004 Virginia, Co Cavan, is to receive wireless broadband coverage thanks to a new service launched today by broadband provider Digiweb Ltd. Virginia is only the second town in the...Categories: Comms -
CEOs call for level playing field across Europe News
23.04.2004 Spam, digital rights management and online payment systems were the main issues dominating the debate between the heads of European telcos and EU Communications Ministers at the...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
€1.1m deal to bring gigabit Ethernet to MANs News
09.04.2004 Carrier neutral data centre firm Interxion has joined forces with Bord Gais’s fibre carrier Aurora to enable a European provider of metro Ethernet technology provide 10Mbps to...Tags: Broadband -
Building an advanced syllabus with broadband News
08.04.2004 Every Tuesday for the last few weeks, fifth-class students at Mater Dei Primary School have been working in teams to build models of their school using Lego. The well-crafted...Categories: R&D -
Government commits €8m to border broadband rollout News
02.04.2004 Communications Minister Dermot Ahern TD has revealed that some €8m is to be invested in rolling out 40km of fibre cable in Cavan, Monaghan and Louth. The funding brings to €300m...Categories: Comms -
Wireless broadband takes off at Cork and Dublin Airports News
01.04.2004 Esat BT have signed an agreement with Aer Rianta to provide free wireless broadband for commuters at Cork Airport during Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union. The company...Categories: Comms -
Esat BT trials satellite broadband in Clare News
31.03.2004 Ireland’s second biggest telco Esat BT is trialling satellite broadband services in County Clare with a view to delivering high-speed internet access to businesses in remote and...Categories: Comms -
BT to provide 100pc broadband coverage of NI News
29.03.2004 BT has been formally awarded a multi-million pound contract to deliver 100pc broadband coverage to Northern Ireland by the end of 2005 in a move that will make the North the...Categories: Comms -
Dublin to be covered with wireless internet services News
29.03.2004 National Toll Roads subsidiary Irish Broadband has signed an infrastructure deal with a US network equipment manufacturer that will enable it to deploy multi-megabit wireless... -
Oireachtas report: Broadband market needs restructuring News
24.03.2004 The broadband market in Ireland in its present structure is not competitive and the pure market-driven approach has failed to deliver universally available broadband at... -
Council levies could add 20pc to broadband rollout costs News
22.03.2004 A decision by Dublin City Council in May to charge a levy to telecom companies laying broadband fibre beneath the city streets could potentially add 20pc to the cost of rolling...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband, Government -
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Oireachtas committee to address broadband failure News
15.03.2004 A major report on broadband rollout from the Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources due out next week is likely to address the failure of broadband...Categories: Comms, Government -
Ahern claims internet victory after broadband usage triples News
08.03.2004 Communications minister Dermot Ahern TD has claimed that broadband usage in Ireland has tripled in the six months following the introduction of his various initiatives in...Categories: Comms -
Lobby group criticises Group Broadband Schemes News
08.03.2004 A sceptical internet lobby group, Ireland Offline, has attacked Communications Minister Dermot Ahern’s €25m Group Broadband Scheme, labelling it as an attempt to force local... -
Government invests €25m in broadband for small towns News
07.03.2004 Communications Minister Dermot Ahern has unveiled a €25m investment programme to deliver broadband to small rural towns across Ireland over the next three years. The programme,...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband