Tagged: Neelie Kroes & News
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20-20 vision – Ireland is still only at the start of its fibre journey News
17.05.2013 Ireland’s fibre journey is not a fait accompli and if anything time is of the essence if the Government is to reach its goal of having a minimum of 30Mbps for every home by... -
Girls in ICT Day kicks off with debate in Brussels on ICT careers News
25.04.2013 Today is Girls in ICT Day and events are taking place all over the world to put the spotlight on getting more girls and young women to consider careers in ICT. The European... -
New EU rules to cut red tape from broadband rollouts – move could save €60bn News
26.03.2013 European Commission vice-president responsible for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes today revealed proposed new rules that will cut the cost of rolling out high-speed internet...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Infrastructure Management, Government, Engineering, Digital Media, CIO -
Kroes and Rabbitte question if EU intervention is needed to ‘preserve media’ News
22.03.2013 European Commission vice-president and commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes said today in Dublin that safeguarding media freedom and freedom of speech is critical....Categories: Online Business, Multimedia, Media, Marketing, Legal, Government, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Neelie Kroes gathers Leaders Club to help foster more European start-ups News
21.03.2013 Vice-president of the European Commission and commissioner in charge of the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes is leading a group of nine successful entrepreneurs that will meet... -
European Commission to invest €50m in paving the way for 5G News
28.02.2013 Just as 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile services are beginning to deploy in Europe, the European Commission’s vice-president Neelie Kroes has decided that she wants to see... -
European Commission to push for more women in ICT News
21.02.2013 The European Commission (EC) will use results of a survey on why there is a lack of women in Europe’s ICT sector to develop policy and recommendations aimed to reverse this... -
Kroes’ disappointment as 2020 broadband plan for rural areas potentially in tatters News
11.02.2013 The European Union’s decision to chop €7bn off the €9.2bn earmarked to meet the Digital Agenda goals of 100Mbps for half of Europe could impact on countries' ability to deliver...Categories: Telecommunications, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Digital Business, Communications -
Rabbitte wants broadband in close to 100pc of homes in two years – 81pc ‘not enough’ News
21.12.2012 New CSO figures showing that 81pc of homes in Ireland had broadband were just “not enough” Comms Minister Pat Rabbitte TD told an EU Telecoms Ministers meeting in Brussels... -
Women in tech who rocked 2012 News
19.12.2012 We take a look back at some women who have made strides in technology this year - from taking top positions at companies, to encouraging other women to adopt a career in the...Categories: Social Media, Management, Leadership & Management, Internet, Financial Services, eCommerce -
Eircom says 300k more homes and firms to get fibre, Q1 revenues fall 7pc to €363m News
07.12.2012 Eircom has revealed the locations of the next 300,000 homes and businesses in Ireland that will receive fibre broadband and claims the network, which will reach 1m premises by... -
Ireland is nowhere near ‘digital heaven’ targets set out by European Commission News
05.12.2012 While EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes has set down ambitious Digital Agenda targets of all citizens getting superfast broadband by 2020, Ireland is only 36pc of the way towards... -
Hey it’s a Campus Party! Irish entrepreneurs head for Berlin tech festival News
21.08.2012 A group of young Irish entrepreneurs will be travelling to Berlin this week to take part in Campus Party, Europe’s biggest technology festival. -
Neelie Kroes: Europe needs to embrace a cloud strategy, avoid national fortresses News
26.06.2012 European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes has called for the creation of an EU-wide strategy for cloud computing that makes full use of the single market. She... -
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes’ Digital Agenda targets are achievable News
21.06.2012 European Commissioner Neelie Kroes’ Digital Agenda targets to achieve a minimum of 30Mbps broadband access across Europe are achievable and widespread coverage of 100Mbps is... -
Growth in fixed-line broadband in Ireland is slowing, EU warns (infographic) News
18.06.2012 Ireland is above average for mobile broadband, according to the European Commission, but growth in fixed-broadband penetration is slowing down and the country is below the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Upskilling, R&D, Government, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Communications -
Irish start-up Scrazzl to pitch to investors at LeWeb News
07.06.2012 Scrazzl, a new search and marketing platform for science researchers and manufacturers, has been chosen to be one of 12 start-ups from Europe that will get to network with and...Tags: Instagram, Enterprise Ireland, Angel Investors, Neelie Kroes, Europe, Start-ups, digital, NDRC -
EU mobile data roaming charges to be capped as of 1 July News
10.05.2012 The European Parliament has today passed new roaming regulation, which will come into force as of 1 July. The new mobile roaming regulation will be extended to include price... -
‘We’re likely to be in a world without SOPA and ACTA’ – EU’s Neelie Kroes News
08.05.2012 The EU Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes has admitted we are now likely to be in a world without SOPA and without ACTA. -
EU reaches deal to slash data roaming charges News
28.03.2012 In a move that's sure to come as welcome news for consumers in the run-up to the summer holidays, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have managed to broker a...