Tagged: Telecoms & News
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Software start-up Xintec secures €900K investment News
24.05.2012 Xintec, the Luxembourg-founded start-up that specialises in fraud management and revenue optimisation solutions for telecom operators, has secured a €900,000 investment in a...Categories: Telecommunications, Software & Web Development, Software, Recruitment, Mobile, Investments -
Eircom to exit examinership on 11 June News
22.05.2012 The High Court has approved a scheme recommended by Eircom’s examiner Michael McAteer that will allow it to exit examinership on 11 June. Under the scheme of arrangement...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Internet, Financial, Communications -
BT all-Ireland revenues up 1pc to stg£757m News
11.05.2012 Telecoms and ICT provider BT this morning reported a 1pc increase in revenues for the year of stg£757m. It said its transformation process, ongoing inrastructure rollout north...Tags: O2, Northern Ireland, Investment, BT Business, BT, Telecoms, ICT, Vodafone, 3 Ireland, Fibre Infrastructure Investment, LLU -
Number of jobs advertised online up 4pc - IrishJobs.ie Jobs Index News
05.04.2012 The total number of jobs advertised online has increased by 4pc, driven by certain sectors achieving large gains, the IrishJobs.ie Jobs Index for the first quarter of 2012 reveals.Tags: Cork, Dublin, Employment, Jobs, Telecoms, Marketing, Legal, Pharmaceutical, Science, Report, Online, Advertising, -
Digicel acquires buys Haitian mobile operator Voilá News
02.04.2012 Digicel Group has acquired Haitian mobile operator Voilá from its parent company US-based Trilogy International Partners. Financial details of the transaction, which closed on... -
Examiner appointed to Eircom – telco protected from creditors News
30.03.2012 High Court judge Mr Justice Peter Kelly has appointed Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton as interim examiner to three Eircom companies – Eircom Ltd, Meteor Mobile Communications... -
Eircom applies for examinership in the High Court News
29.03.2012 Three subsidiaries of Ireland’s incumbent telecoms operator Eircom Group have applied for examinership in the High Court. The companies include Eircom Ltd, Meteor Mobile... -
Eircom CEO Paul Donovan to step down News
27.03.2012 Eircom CEO Paul Donovan has announced he will step down from his role at the telco at the end of this year, citing personal reasons. -
Fastcom Telecom invests €1m in network upgrade, plans jobs News
21.03.2012 Sligo firm Fastcom Telecom has invested €1m in a network upgrade, following a 30pc growth in its business services division last year. The company is now planning to create five... -
Tango Telecom tackles Asia while its tech serves 450m globally News
14.03.2012 Irish telecoms software player Tango Telecom, which has just signed a major deal with an unnamed major mobile operator in Asia, is now helping mobile operators worldwide serve... -
IPMOD wins Alcatel-Lucent Open Innovation Boot Camp News
09.03.2012 A project that allows telecom providers to pinpoint anomalies that could trigger outages or other issues in networks has won the overall award at the Alcatel-Lucent Open... -
99pc of UPC broadband subscribers on 20Mbps speeds and higher News
23.02.2012 UPC’s Irish division reported a 100,000 increase in broadband, phone and TV subscriptions in 2011. Total broadband subscribers amount to 255,400, a 28pc increase year-on-year....Categories: Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Eircom misses payment to lenders News
16.02.2012 Incumbent telecoms operator Eircom said today it has not made the bond payment to lenders that was scheduled for 12 February.Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Internet, Financial, Communications -
Dublin telecoms tech firm wins deal in Sudan News
13.02.2012 Dublin-based telecoms technology company i-conX Solutions has been chosen to deploy its routing optimisation technology by Sudanese telecoms company Canar.Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Financial, Deals Done, Database, Communications, Business Intelligence -
Ireland's incumbent telco Eircom to be sold News
31.01.2012 Eircom has appointed Morgan Stanley to advise it on the sale of the company, it revealed today. The company is expecting to receive proposals from interested parties in mid-March. -
Telcos struggle to sell tablet computers - research News
27.01.2012 Telecoms operators are struggling get a meaningful slice of the growing tablet computer market due to consumers, daunted or confused by data plans, going directly to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Openreach to fibre-enable 178 exchanges across the UK News
14.12.2011 BT's Openreach arm has added a further 178 exchanges to its fibre deployment programme. The majority of the exchanges will be enabled in 2012 and cover more than 1.8m homes and... -
‘Forget1850’ app helps phone users avoid big bills News
13.01.2012 A Galway start-up has created a new app that allows users to access cheaper customer service landline numbers as an alternative to numbers that begin with 1850, 1890 or 0818...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Consumer Tech, Communications, Apps Zone, Apps -
IT spending predicted to grow 3.7pc in 2012 News
05.01.2012 Global spending on IT is tipped to grow 3.7pc in 2012, according to Gartner. Total IT spending is forecast to reach US$3.8trn in 2011, up from US$3.7trn last year.Tags: Hardware, Gartner, IT spending, IT Investment, Telecoms, PCs, Enterprise Software, IT Services, -
STT offer rejected, directors resign from Eircom board News
23.12.2011 A €200m proposal to restructure Eircom by ST Telemedia (STT) has been rejected by the incumbent operator’s first lien lenders and as a result STT members of Eircom’s board have...