Tagged: Smart Telecom & News
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Digiweb becomes a €50m year operator after buying TalkTalk News
29.04.2010 Irish telecoms provider Digiweb will transform into a €50m a year revenue company with €10m annual profits after acquiring TalkTalk in Ireland and Belgium, Siliconrepublic.com... -
Digiweb buys Internet Ireland from Indo Group News
13.01.2010 Just weeks after completing its acquisition of Smart Telecom, Colm Piercy’s Digiweb has bought another telco, Internet Ireland, from Independent News & Media.Categories: Business -
Smart exits examinership, now in Digiweb stable News
08.12.2009 Fibre and DSL provider Smart Telecom has exited the examinership process with the High Court’s approval and will now become a fully owned entity within Digiweb, it emerged this... -
Digiweb unveils Chatterbox voice and broadband deal News
01.12.2009 Nationwide broadband provider Digiweb has introduced a new broadband bundle that includes unlimited calls to landlines in Ireland and the UK plus 40 free mobile minutes.Categories: Comms -
Digiweb investment to rescue Smart from examinership News
05.11.2009 It has just emerged that troubled telecoms firm Smart is to exit examinership after telecoms rival Digiweb agreed with the examiners to make an investment in the company. -
Ireland fails to break into EU Top 10 fibre-to-the-home rankings News
08.09.2009 While Scandinavia and many small countries are leading the Top 10 EU countries in fibre penetration, Ireland and larger nations like France, Germany and the UK have failed to...Categories: -
Laying the foundations for Ireland’s next-generation network rollout News
03.09.2009 Can Ireland’s telecoms leaders collaborate to construct the nation’s fibre network of the future?Categories: Comms, Government -
Smart examinership will pave way for acquisition News
01.09.2009 As Smart Telecom enters into a 100-day examinership process,it also confirmed that one or more third parties are still interested in buying the business. -
Magnet boss blames LLU market failure for Smart Telecom examinership News
31.08.2009 The market failure of local loop unbundling has been blamed by a leading telecoms figure as a key reason why Smart Telecom is filing for examinership.Categories: Comms, GovernmentTags: DSL, Eircom, Smart Telecom, Magnet, LLU, Local Loop Unbundling, Mark Kellett, Hibernia Atlantic , -
E-net revenues grow 30pc as fibre traffic rises News
28.08.2009 E-net, the firm responsible for managing the Irish State’s investment in fibre rings that encircle 93 towns, reported a turnover of €9.4m for the year, up 30pc on last year. -
Smart Telecom expected to be sold this month News
06.07.2009 Two companies have emerged as potential buyers of broadband player Smart Telecom and the business is expected to go for between €12m and €15m.Tags: Eircom, Smart Telecom, -
Smart deploys broadband nationwide – new 24Mbps services News
28.04.2009 Smart has revealed that it will begin offering 3Mbps services from 700 Eircom exchanges nationwide, as well as offering 24Mbps services from another 300 exchanges.Categories: Comms -
Smart Telecom hits out at Eircom’s ‘bundles’ battle News
13.02.2009 Eircom’s decision to launch a judicial review against the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has raised the ire of broadband and telecoms provider Smart Telecom,...Categories: Comms -
Major turning point reached in Irish broadband stakes? News
01.01.2009 Irish fixed line broadband providers have reacted ecstatically to a new price of 75 cents a month for line sharing set out today by ComReg.Categories: Comms -
Frustrated telco calls for European intervention in failed broadband market News
17.09.2008 An Irish telecoms operator has gone over the head of ComReg and has written directly to EU information society and media regulator Vivian Reding seeking urgent action on the...Categories: Comms -
Broadband wars gear up as Smart unveils 24Mbps service News
01.09.2008 The competition for high-speed broadband between companies also offering TV services is heating up. Today, Smart Telecom revealed an uncontended 24Mbps broadband service at a...Categories: Comms -
ESB puts the fibre in Smart’s diet News
30.06.2008 A new deal signed between Smart Telecom and ESB’s telecoms division (ESBT) will enable Smart to triple its broadband coverage by making extensive use of the nation’s...Tags: ESB, Smart Telecom -
New access rules could drive broadband investment News
13.06.2008 New proposals by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) to expand the definition of wholesale unbundled access to include not just DSL but fibre will incentivise...Categories: Comms, Government -
Smart to take on Sky and UPC in digital TV stakes News
02.05.2008 Smart Telecom today revealed details of its new triple-play – digital TV, broadband and telephone – service, which it intends to use to compete directly against established...Categories: Comms -
Smart to soft launch IPTV service next month News
27.03.2008 Smart Telecom has told siliconrepublic.com that it will next month be soft-launching its anticipated internet protocol (IP) TV service in locations close to the 37 unbundled...