Tagged: Telefonica & News
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Wayra Dublin start-up accelerator makes last call for new entries News
21.05.2013 Entrepreneurs seeking financing, mentorship and workspace have only a few days left to apply for a spot on the next round of Wayra Dublin, Telefónica’s start-up accelerator. -
Ireland is to be Stripe’s first launch country in Europe News
19.05.2013 Stripe, the payment platform for developers led by the Collison brothers from Limerick, will launch first in Ireland before the rest of Europe.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Investments, eCommerce, Digital Business, Development -
Financial results this week News
06.05.2013 Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.Categories: Financial, Financial Results -
Wayra seeks 10 digital start-ups for Dublin incubator News
25.04.2013 Wayra, Telefónica’s global start-up accelerator, is on the lookout for up to 10 digital start-ups to develop and commercialise their ideas at its Dublin accelerator.Categories: Virtualisation, Research, Online Business, Networking, Mobile, Digital Media, Digital BusinessTags: Big Data, Machine-to-Machine Communications , Mobile, Virtualisation, Telefonica, O2, Start-ups, Cloud, HTML5 -
Telefónica Ireland’s Tony Hanway: 4G will be a catalyst for bridging the digital divide (video) News
17.04.2013 Telefónica Ireland CEO Tony Hanway said that when 4G arrives in the coming months it will help to bridge Ireland’s digital divide by bringing with it vast improvements in the... -
Start-ups Conker and Trustev enter Wayra accelerator, gleaning €40k each News
05.03.2013 Two new Irish ventures – Conker and Trustev – have been chosen to join the Wayra academy in Dublin that’s run by Telefónica. The two companies will each get an investment... -
Sky buys Telefónica’s UK broadband business for stg£200m News
01.03.2013 BSkyB has acquired Telefónica’s broadband business in the UK for stg£200m in a deal that will make Sky the second biggest broadband player in the UK. The acquisition includes... -
European Commission to invest €50m in paving the way for 5G News
28.02.2013 Just as 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile services are beginning to deploy in Europe, the European Commission’s vice-president Neelie Kroes has decided that she wants to see... -
Telefónica reports 27pc decline in profit – writes down value of stake in Ireland by €527m News
28.02.2013 Global telecoms giant Telefónica has reported a net profit of €3.9bn for 2012 - a 27pc decline - which it said was due to the adjustment of the value of its stakes in Ireland... -
Bango and Telefónica to bring app buying power to mobile bills News
26.02.2013 Bango, the mobile payments provider that provides mobile payment capabilities to social network Facebook and Google’s Play store, has struck a major deal with Telefónica to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, eCommerce, Deals Done, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Firefox OS: walled gardens between web and apps to be demolished News
25.02.2013 In what might yet rank as one of the historical moments in the evolution of smartphones as we know them, major manufacturers, including LG, Huawei, Alcatel and ZTE, set forth on...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Apps -
O2 to launch TuGo app that turns voice calls into a multi-screen experience News
25.02.2013 Telefónica’s O2 division in the UK will this week launch a new VoIP service called TuGo that will allow mobile users to make and receive calls on any Wi-Fi connected device... -
Operators at #MWC13: the golden age of mobile faces challenges News
25.02.2013 The leaders of some of the biggest mobile operators in the world agree that while the mobile industry worldwide is at a historic peak in terms of smartphone activations,... -
Financial results this week News
25.02.2013 Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.Categories: Financial Results, Financial -
Irish authorities to investigate if 4G will disrupt TV signals in homes News
20.02.2013 Ireland’s Department of Communications has confirmed that a working group has been established to examine the degree to which TV signals will be interfered with when 4G LTE... -
Telefónica Digital selects FeedHenry app tech to power mobile cloud News
15.02.2013 One of the world’s largest mobile operators Telefónica Digital has selected technology made by Irish technology company FeedHenry to enable a one-stop-shop for creating,... -
The greening of smartphones: O2 Ireland begins selling smartphones without chargers News
06.02.2013 O2 Ireland is to embark on a pilot scheme to start selling handsets without chargers, beginning with the HTC One X+. The idea is to encourage smartphone owners to reuse an...Categories: Wireless Communications, Sustainability, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Green, Energy, Consumer Tech -
BlackBerry Z10 to launch on O2 Ireland network on 1 March News
31.01.2013 BlackBerry’s latest smartphone sporting the new BlackBerry 10 OS, the BlackBerry Z10, will launch in Ireland on the O2 (Telefónica) network on 1 March, sources have confirmed.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
InterTrade Ireland reveals additional €1.5m for North-South innovation ventures News
21.01.2013 InterTrade Ireland has made a further €1.5m in funding available for businesses North and South to forge partnerships to develop new products or services under its Innova... -
Wayra accelerator seeks applications from digital start-ups News
13.12.2012 Telefónica’s global start-up accelerator Wayra, which opened its Dublin hub earlier this year, is now accepting applications from start-ups to enter its Dublin academy.Categories: Social Media, R&D, Networking, Media, Marketing, Management, Investments, Internet, Funding, Education, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business