Tagged: Meteor
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Alcatel to roll out Orange’s NI 3G infrastructure News
25.02.2004 Communications technology giant Alcatel has won a major contract to roll out mobile firm Orange’s 3G infrastructure in Northern Ireland, siliconrepublic.com has learned.Categories: Comms -
Is mobile competition a virtual certainty? News
17.02.2004 When it comes to Irish mobile phone operators, three may not be the magic number for much longer. Market stalwarts O2 and Vodafone, along with more recent arrival Meteor, could...Categories: Comms -
Meteor notches up 24,600 new customers News
13.02.2004 Western Wireless’ Irish mobile operation Meteor has managed to notch up 24,600 new customers during the fourth quarter of 2003, bringing its total number of customers in Ireland... -
Irish mobile users go on Christmas SMS spree News
07.01.2004 More than 118 million text messages were sent across Ireland’s three mobile networks over the Christmas period, siliconrepublic.com has learned.Categories: Digital Life -
Meteor dismisses picture messaging as a fad News
11.12.2003 The head of GPRS at third network Meteor has claimed that rivals Vodafone and O2 have missed the boat by focusing on picture messaging as the demand driver behind multimedia...Categories: Digital Life -
Meteor claims top spot with prepay mobile users News
26.11.2003 Often dismissed as the poor relation of the Irish mobile world, Meteor has managed to become the country’s number one provider of prepay services, according to ComReg...Categories: Comms, Digital Life -
Meteor achieves all-county mobile coverage News
25.11.2003 Nearly three years after its launch, the State’s third mobile network, Meteor, has finally extended its network to Donegal, the only county in which the operator had no coverage.Categories: Comms, Digital Life -
Meteor adds an extra 18,600 mobile users News
24.10.2003 In its latest financial results, Western Wireless International has revealed that its Meteor Communications subsidiary in Ireland chalked up an additional 18,600 mobile...Categories: Digital LifeTags: Meteor, Mobile Phone -
Meteor parent eyes opportunity for growth News
08.10.2003 Meteor, Ireland’s third mobile phone operator, will get the lion’s share of its parent Western Wireless International’s annual US$40m investment because the company believes...Categories: Comms, Digital Life -
Meteor puts store in new contract with HP News
03.09.2003 Meteor Mobile Communications, Ireland’s third mobile phone operator, has awarded HP a €500,000 contract to implement an enterprise storage system at its data centre in Dublin’s...Categories: Comms -
Meteor supports use of GSM for broadband News
06.08.2003 Responding to reports that Meteor may be evaluating new technologies and services ranging from CDMA to Wi-Fi services in the homes and within GSM cells, the company said that it...Categories: Comms, Digital Life -
What's in a number? News
25.07.2003 In keeping with a pan-EU deadline of 25 July 2003, from today Ireland will get its first real taste of number portability. Until now, mobile users could only avail of partial...Categories: Digital Life -
Meteor to host MVNOs News
22.07.2003 Third mobile network provider Meteor has confirmed to siliconrepublic.com that it is ready and willing to host one or more mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) on its...Categories: Comms, Digital Life -
Mobile users oblivious to number portability plan News
15.07.2003 Most Irish mobile phone users – 71pc – are not aware of full mobile number portability (FMNP), despite the fact that it is due for launch in Ireland next week. It will allow...Categories: Digital Life -
Tough time ahead for Irish MVNOs News
26.06.2003 Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) will face a tough time if they foster plans to enter the Irish market, with an already saturated mobile sector and the risk of enduring...Categories: Comms, Digital Life -
Meteor moves on multimedia messaging News
26.05.2003 Meteor Communications is understood to have signed an agreement to deploy LogicaCMG’s Multimedia Messaging Service Centre (MMSC) that will allow its subscribers to send...Categories: Digital Life, Business -
Meteor mauls Vodafone over pre-pay charges News
23.05.2003 Mobile network operator Meteor has come out strongly against Vodafone’s new pre-pay rates, saying the move proved that mobile termination rates were not solely responsible for...Categories: Digital Life -
Struggling through a Meteor storm News
25.03.2003 This is Ireland and mud sticks. And third mobile operator Meteor Communications should know all about it. Late into the market after being held up by legal rows over its GSM...Categories: Digital Life -
Meteor calls for roaming deal with O2 and Vodafone News
19.03.2003 Third mobile provider Meteor has called for the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) to intervene in its request to the two larger operators, Vodafone and O2, to...Categories: Digital Life