Tagged: Broadband
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Broadband scheme to target 150 regional groups News
07.03.2005 The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources is soon to embark on the second phase of the Group Broadband Scheme targeting some 150 regional groups.Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Irish Broadband plans to rollout WiMax this year News
02.03.2005 Irish Broadband, which is currently conducting WiMax trials with Intel in Leixlip, has told siliconrepublic.com it is confident WiMax services will be deployed across all of...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Pure addresses urban-rural digital divide News
25.02.2005 Pure Telecom has embarked on a consultancy-type strategy promising Irish companies broadband from anywhere in the country through a fusion of DSL, wireless and broadband...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Broadband at the crossroads News
24.02.2005 Speaking exclusively to siliconrepublic.com , Communications Minister Noel Dempsey TD says he is still confident the 500,000 broadband target can be reached by the end of 2006....Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Schools get up to speed News
14.02.2005 After years of debate and discussion, the Broadband for Schools initiative is finally going ahead. First mooted in the government’s ICT for Schools Strategy in 2001, it was...Categories: R&DTags: Broadband -
Irish Broadband €18m funding is concrete News
07.01.2005 Wireless broadband provider Irish Broadband has revealed that it has secured €18m in funding from National Toll Roads (NTR) and Kilsaran Concrete Products that will both invest...Categories: BusinessTags: Broadband -
ComReg slashes local loop costs by up to 50pc News
23.12.2004 In a move that could invigorate the deployment of broadband in Ireland, the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has ordered reductions of up to 50pc in contentious...Categories: Comms -
Broadband take-up in UK accelerates News
21.12.2004 More than four million people in the UK have signed up for BT’s broadband services, with the communications company signing up a new customer every 10 seconds. This contrasts...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Radical change in broadband policy needed, says CCI News
07.12.2004 A radical change in the regulatory policy for Eircom has been called for by the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI), following last week’s Forfás survey on Ireland’s broadband...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
NTL strikes broadband deal with ESB Telecom News
25.11.2004 NTL has struck a deal with ESB Telecom that will see the cable TV and internet services provider deploy broadband services to customers in Galway and Waterford on the back of...Categories: Comms -
Hanafin commits €18m to upgrade school networks News
22.11.2004 Education and Science Minister Mary Hanafin TD ( pictured ) is to commit €18m to primary and post-primary schools to help them prepare their data networks for the arrival of... -
Eircom scores own goal with broadband boast, say critics News
18.11.2004 Eircom claims to have signed up 100,000 broadband customers but critics have slammed the announcement as an “embarrassment” in terms of the country’s adoption of fast internet... -
Ministerial intervention needed ‘now’ on local loop News
09.11.2004 Communications Minister Noel Dempsey TD has been called on to immediately intervene in response to the decision by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) to fix...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
Report urges action over “dismal” broadband take-up News
02.11.2004 Ireland’s broadband adoption to date has been “dismal”, a report from a leading European telecoms analyst firm has claimed. According to Current Analysis, the Irish telecoms...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband -
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