Tagged: Fibre Optics & News
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Derry aims for 4,000 tech jobs by 2020 through investment News
20.02.2012 Up to 4,000 new ICT jobs are hoped to be created for Derry by 2020 following a period of major investment in telecoms and digital projects across the city. -
New world record for data transfer set – a scorching 186Gbps News
15.12.2011 Researchers from Caltech, CERN and a number of top universities around the world have established a new world record for data transfer – a superfast 186 gigabits per second –...Categories: Web, Science, Research, R&D, Internet, Energy, Digital Media, Data Management, CommunicationsTags: Physics, Fibre Optics, -
UK government to invest stg£530m in rural broadband News
15.08.2011 The UK culture secretary Jeremy Hunt said the government will allocate stg£530m to provide rural areas with a minimum of 2MBps broadband.Categories: Digital Business, Communications -
Dark fibre weaves its way West across the Shannon News
30.09.2010 Bord Gáis subsidiary Aurora Telecom is rolling out a 330km fibre-optic network in ducting laid along Bord Gáis’ pipeline to the west. The route will take in Galway, Athlone,...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Economy, Digital Business, Digital 21, Development, Communications -
Private sector to build Ireland’s next digital infrastructure News
26.07.2010 Outlining Ireland’s infrastructure priorities until 2016, the Government said the main investment in fibre-optic networks will be via the private sector. Enabling civil works –... -
Ireland’s next big thing - Govt commits extra €5m to Exemplar Network News
15.07.2010 Exactly a year on, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan TD has committed a further €5m to the next two phases of the Exemplar Network which will... -
Intune raises €22m venture investment from investors including Dermot Desmond News
01.10.2009 A Dublin technology firm that develops tuneable lasers to make fibre networks more efficient has secured €22m worth of venture capital investment from investors that include...Categories: R&D -
Superfast broadband will add stg£18bn to UK economy News
09.06.2010 Jeremy Hunt, the new culture secretary for the UK, has identified next-generation broadband as integral to adding stg£18bn to GDP to the UK economy and creating anything between... -
Spectre of Govt cutbacks haunts future of venture capital News
25.02.2010 Despite Irish tech firms’ equity funding increasing 20pc to €288 million in 2009, concerns have been raised that Government cutbacks may impact on future early stage and... -
Creator of ‘virtual silicon’ device secures US$1 million in orders News
04.02.2010 A Belfast tech start-up has developed a new type of ‘virtual silicon’ device that is set to revolutionise the €2-billion a year fibre-optic comms business. -
Govt outlines 2010 investment in broadband and ICT for schools News
10.12.2009 Communications Minister Eamon Ryan TD said last night that €45 million will be spent on modernising Ireland’s telecoms infrastructure and that 100Mbps of high-speed broadband... -
State’s Exemplar network kicks off on a high note News
06.12.2009 A significant piece of history was made last night in a distinctly Irish way. As Irish rock band Snow Patrol played to a packed St James’ Church in Dingle, the world’s first... -
Cost transformation strengthens BT’s bottom line News
12.11.2009 BT has reported a 21pc increase in EBITDA for its all-island operations for the half year ended 30 September. The BT Group has free cash flow of stG£705 million, up stg£336... -
COLT rolls out 40Mbps speeds over DSL copper lines News
14.09.2009 Proving that businesses can still get fast speeds over copper, COLT Telecom today revealed a breakthrough with data speeds of 40Mbps now achievable over traditional copper... -
Digital infrastructure: Ireland’s next Ardnacrusha opportunity News
23.07.2009 Some may ask why do we need to invest in digital infrastructure and why are we in a hurry? Simply put, it’s about job creation.Categories: Comms -
€30m transatlantic fibre cable comes ashore at Portrush News
22.06.2009 The €30m ‘Project Kelvin’ fibre cable that will link Ireland to 24,000km of undersea cable linking Ireland with the US, Canada and UK came ashore at Portrush, Co Antrim this...Categories: Comms, Government -
Tech firms continue to raise venture capital despite credit crunch News
01.11.2008 Local knowledge companies raised €70.8m from venture capitalists in the three months leading up to September.Categories: Business -
BT to invest £1.5bn sterling to fibre 10 million UK and NI homes News
15.07.2008 BT today revealed plans to roll out fibre-based, super-fast broadband to as many as 10 million homes across the UK and Northern Ireland by 2012.Categories: Comms -
Fibre more important than roads – Minister News
04.07.2008 Minister Eamon Ryan podcast “Roads don’t hold a penny in comparison to the importance of fibre to the Irish economy,” said the Minister for Communications, Energy and...Categories: Comms, Government -
Magnet unveils 50Mbps broadband service News
03.07.2008 Magnet Entertainment has introduced a 50Mbps fibre broadband service that the company says puts it on par with some of the services being rolled out in Japan, the US and France.Categories: New Media