Tagged: 4G & News
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Eircom goes live with up to 70Mbps fibre network News
16.05.2013 Eircom has gone live with the first phase of its €1.5bn fibre network which will deliver speeds up to 70Mbps to some 300,000 homes initially. By the time the network rollout is... -
Samsung eyes 5G wireless by 2020 News
13.05.2013 Samsung Electronics says it has developed the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology that forms the foundation of 5G mobile communications systems. -
O2 announces 3G network upgrades across 14 counties in May, ahead of 4G rollout News
13.05.2013 In advance of its much-anticipated 4G (fourth generation) network rollout later this year, O2 today announced it is upgrading and enhancing its 3G network in 250 locations... -
Will the numbers add up for 4G? News
07.05.2013 Late last year, Ireland’s four main mobile operators forked out €850m (€481.7m up front) for wireless spectrum licences to roll out fourth-generation (4G) mobile networks across... -
Vodafone begins bringing 3G to voice-only areas; launches new enterprise group News
01.05.2013 Ahead of the launch of 4G and enabled by winning its share of the spectrum auctions last year, Vodafone Ireland’s new CEO Anne O’Leary has announced the first locations where... -
Ofcom to trial ‘white space’ technology for rural broadband in the UK News
26.04.2013 The UK telecoms regulator Ofcom is to trial ‘white space’ technology in the UK to use the gaps in radio spectrum to provide better broadband in rural areas. The trial is one of...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Chipset giant Qualcomm is coming to Cork – R&D centre will initially employ 20 people News
26.04.2013 One of the leading powerbrokers in the smartphone revolution, Qualcomm, is establishing a R&D centre in Cork and has already begun recruitment. It is envisaged an initial 20...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Phones, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Engineering, Digital Media, Digital Business, Development, Design -
Ericsson Q1 revenues slip 22pc from previous quarter to €6bn News
24.04.2013 Swedish communications equipment provider Ericsson has reported a 22pc drop in revenues in the first quarter of 2013 to €6.05bn (52bn kronor) from €7.7bn in the previous quarter. -
UK 4G player EE reaches 320,000 subscribers in just five months News
23.04.2013 Just five months after launching its first 4G services, Everything Everywhere (EE) this morning reported it has now reached 320,000 4G subscribers in the UK and is on target to... -
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... -
Battle for smartphone features reaches fever pitch as 5-inch Samsung Galaxy S4 arrives News
15.03.2013 In New York last night, Samsung took the wraps off its new 5-inch display smartphone, the Galaxy S4, which, as expected, comes with eye-tracking capabilities and a range of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Security, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Three Ireland partners with Samsung on 4G infrastructure, service to launch in August News
10.04.2013 Mobile operator Three Ireland has today announced a partnership with Samsung Electronics UK to deploy an LTE network offering speeds of 100Mbps, which will reach customers later... -
EE to double 4G speeds in UK to 80Mbps – targets 1m users by Christmas News
09.04.2013 The UK’s only operational licensed 4G provider Everything Everywhere is planning to double the speed of its wireless services to 80Mbps per month. The company, a joint venture... -
World’s first mobile phone call happened 40 years ago today News
03.04.2013 Forty years ago today, on 3 April 1973, the first call from a handheld mobile phone was made by its inventor Dr Martin Cooper, then-head of Motorola’s communications division.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Cisco to acquire mobile-networking company Ubiquisys for about US$310m News
03.04.2013 Networking equipment maker Cisco is to acquire Ubiquisys, a provider of intelligent 3G and long-term evolution (LTE) small-cell technologies, for about US$310m. -
O2 opens online presales for Samsung Galaxy S4 News
02.04.2013 Samsung’s latest smartphone the Galaxy S4 will be released in Ireland in late April and network operator O2 will from today begin taking pre-orders for the device.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Datapac reports €2.8m in managed services contracts News
27.03.2013 ICT firm Datapac says it secured €2.8m in managed services contracts with public and private-sector organisations last year. -
HTC One to go on sale in UK this week, Ireland next week – in US by end of April News
25.03.2013 HTC has confirmed that its new smartphone, the HTC One, will go on sale in the UK, Germany and Taiwan this week and across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific by the end of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Development, Consumer Tech -
4G LTE mobile broadband to reach 220m subscribers by 2014 News
25.03.2013 Rapid uptake of 4G LTE mobile broadband technology in the next year will see the subscriber number doubling from an estimated 105m this year to 220m by 2014.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Eishtec reveals plans to hire a further 100 people News
11.03.2013 Waterford call centre company Eishtec, which in December announced 250 new jobs, is planning to recruit an additional 100 people.