Tagged: ALTO & News
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EU court decides ISPs can’t be forced to block file sharers News
24.11.2011 UPDATE: Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice, has decided that internet access is a human right and that EU law precludes injunctions being taken against... -
Eircom begins reform and rebrand of wholesale business unit News
22.07.2011 Ireland’s incumbent telecoms operator Eircom said today it will be adopting a management proposal for a wide set of commercial reforms that will boost access to Eircom’s... -
Ireland far behind EU average on broadband speeds News
31.05.2011 Despite making considerable progress in recent years in getting broadband numbers up, Ireland is showing signs of falling behind on broadband speeds and quality. -
Calls to make internet a human right under Irish law News
15.04.2011 Ireland has been called on to have the ‘internet enshrined as a human right’ under its laws, following a decision this week by one of Europe’s highest-ranking judges to decide... -
50pc of firms get broadband speeds more than 10Mbps News
22.04.2010 Irish firms are spending 15pc less on mobile services and 60pc of firms are still getting their internet services from incumbent Eircom. Up to 92pc of Irish firms today have... -
Fibre plan needed to support further FDI growth News
28.05.2010 Ireland’s success in winning major foreign direct investment (FDI) projects must not be undermined by ongoing fibre infrastructure problems, the chairman of ALTO Ronan Lupton... -
Telcos warn post codes essential to future of comms News
12.03.2010 Independent licensed telecoms providers in Ireland have added their voice to the call to prioritise the introduction of postcodes which will be vital to future GPS and... -
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Italian court decision: an attack on internet freedom News
25.02.2010 There has been strong global and local reaction against the controversial decision by an Italian court yesterday to convict three Google executives in connection with a video... -
Irish broadband market to be boosted by LLU breakthrough News
09.02.2010 The adoption of LLU in Ireland by Eircom’s competitors has been negligible to date and Ireland compares unfavourably with most other European countries in this respect, Comreg...Categories: Comms -
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... -
Government broadband plan ‘disconnected from reality’ News
22.06.2009 Critics of the Irish Government’s Next-Generation Broadband policy paper have said it lacks teeth, has no clear actions and represents a missed opportunity for the country.Categories: Comms, Government -
ALTO calls for end to Eircom’s ‘overwhelming dominance’ News
13.03.2009 Following Tuesday’s Joint Oireachtas Communications Committee discussion in which Eircom said it could not commit to rolling out high-speed, fixed-line fibre-optic broadband,...Categories: Comms -
ISPs say Eircom and Big Four music deal could hit potholes News
30.01.2009 The industry group representing 12 independent telecoms operators in Ireland says Eircom’s settlement with the Big Four record labels – unprecedented in history – could run into... -
Government unveils major €435m broadband plan News
03.07.2008 Minister Eamon Ryan's broadband speech The Government has unveiled a next-generation network (NGN) plan that will see €435m pumped into a nationwide fibre-optic...Categories: -
Towards a level playing field News
02.06.2008 Ensuring Ireland is a level playing field for alternative operators to win business and provide competitive services is an all-consuming passion for the new chairman of ALTO.Categories: CommsTags: ALTO, -
Ireland risks being bogged in the broadband Dark Ages News
22.05.2008 Ireland needs to move quickly to future fibre networks, otherwise it risks not only trailing at the bottom of the OECD broadband league-tables but dropping off the tables...Categories: CommsTags: ALTO -
Broadband providers energised by 65pc price cut News
20.03.2008 The lamentably slow rate of progress of local loop unbundling (LLU) among alternative operators may be about to change as ComReg has ruled to drop the price Eircom charges...Categories: Comms, Government -
Fresh calls to separate Eircom wholesale from retail News
05.09.2007 The introduction of functional separation of retail and wholesale telecoms services in the UK last year had the effect of quadrupling the number of unbundled lines and led to an...Categories: Comms, Government