Tagged: Imagine & News
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Rabbitte reveals report of Next Generation Task Force (video) News
02.05.2012 Here’s a video of Ireland’s Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte’s speech as he launched the first report of the Next Generation Task Force. In July Minister Rabbitte intends to...Tags: E-net, UPC, Telefonica O2, Pat Rabbitte, Broadband, Next Generation Broadband, Internet, Vodafone, Imagine , BT, O2 -
Broadband urgency as Ireland hurtles towards a damaging digital divide News
02.05.2012 The stakes have never been higher. Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte today confirmed the National Broadband Strategy that will be published in July will contain... -
MOBILE MAY: Look what you can win! News
16.05.2011 You could win the new Nokia N8 smartphone or free WiMax broadband for one year from Imagine. -
WiMax to go nationwide via E-net and Imagine fibre deal News
18.03.2011 WiMax provider Imagine has struck a deal with Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) firm E-net to drive high-speed wireless broadband throughout Ireland’s regions, the companies said... -
Imagine sues Motorola for €90m over WiMax rollout News
01.03.2011 Broadband operator Imagine Networks is suing communications technology giant Motorola for €90m for alleged breach of agreements in relation to the intended rollout of WiMax... -
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 -
Imagine claims 4G first with launch of 10Mbps service News
20.01.2011 WiMax provider Imagine has launched a new 10 megabits per second (Mbps) broadband service following the completion of phase 1 of its 4G WiMax phone and broadband network across...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Communications -
600 more Irish schools to get 100Mbps broadband News
04.10.2010 Now that the first 78 schools have gone live with 100Mbps broadband, Communications Minister Eamon Ryan TD today confirmed that 300 more schools in 2011 and a further 300 in...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Hardware, Government, Education, Communications -
Weekend news roundup News
20.09.2010 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers. -
Deals done this past week News
03.08.2010 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector, including Disney’s purchase of social gaming company Playdom, and First Derivatives’ contract with the Singapore...Categories: Social Media, Security, Online Business, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Deals DoneTags: Flash, Online Gaming, WiMax, Imagine , Clearwire, RSA, New Media, McAfee, Fibre Networks, E-net, MANs, Juniper Networks, Smartphones, Disney, Social Gaming, First Derivatives, Gamestop -
WiMax provider Imagine acquires Clearwire in Ireland News
26.07.2010 Sean Bolger’s fast-growing Imagine has acquired Clearwire’s Irish operations for an undisclosed sum. Imagine is engaged in a €100m national rollout of WiMax supported by Intel...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Internet, Communications -
Imagine unveils WiMax broadband for SMEs News
18.06.2010 Communications equipment giant Motorla has signed a deal with WiMax broadband provider Imagine to launch its USBw 200 mobile WiMax USB adapter for small businesses in Ireland. -
Ireland over-reliant on 3G broadband, Imagine boss says News
11.05.2010 Sean Bolger’s broadband operator Imagine, which is in the process of deploying a €100m 4G WiMax network across Ireland with Intel and Motorola, has hit out at Ireland’s...Categories: Comms -
Govt’s newest fibre broadband network involves 64 patents News
22.04.2010 A new high-speed fibre broadband network owned entirely by the Irish Government involves the ingenuity of a number of Irish-based companies and includes 64 revolutionary patents...Tags: IBM, Eircom, BT, EMC, UCD, ESB, E-net, Fibre, Intune Networks, Eamon Ryan TD, Tyndall Institute, Imagine , CeltixConnect -
WiMax and LTE will have dual role on road to 100Mbps broadband News
17.12.2009 The interesting news that Spain’s Telefonica, which owns the O2 mobile network across Europe, is to deploy WiMax suggests that the emerging broadband standard could work in... -
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... -
Internet price wars begin as Imagine unveils its WiMax challenge News
08.11.2009 Ireland’s first WiMax operator Imagine – bolstered by a US$100-million investment by Intel and Motorola – has unveiled its prices that it claims will undercut those of incumbent...Categories: Comms -
Battle of the new wireless standards News
21.10.2009 In the looming "Battle Royale" between wireless-broadband standards that will supposedly provide us all with uber-fast broadband, will WiMax beat LTE to the pass? Or will it be... -
Imagine’s €100m WiMAX investment could create 200 jobs News
14.10.2009 The broadband provider Imagine, which was founded by telecoms entrepreneur Sean Bolger, has announced it is to invest €100 million in upgrading its technology, a move that could... -
Irish broadband subscribers only receive 60pc of advertised speeds News
03.12.2008 A new report surveying the quality of broadband experienced in Irish cities has found that fixed-line broadband subscribers only receive 60pc of what is advertised, while mobile...Categories: Comms