Tagged: Fibre & News
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Alcatel-Lucent performs ‘heart’ surgery on the web – reveals new core News
23.05.2012 Telecoms giant Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled a new set of internet core routers and has outlined a new vision of what the ‘heart of the internet should be'. The new core routers...Categories: Web, Servers, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Communications -
Optical fibre pioneer to speak in Dublin tomorrow News
21.05.2012 Australian entrepreneur and academic Dr Simon Poole will be at Dublin City University tomorrow to give a lecture about his 30-year experience in the area of photonics and... -
UPC broadband subscribers grow 26pc to 272,700 in Q1 News
11.05.2012 Cable provider UPC has seen a 26pc increase in broadband subscriptions with numbers now standing at 272,700. Entry-level speeds currently stand at 25Mbps. -
Broadband in Ireland equals jobs in Ireland News
10.05.2012 There is an intrinsic link between broadband rollout and local job creation. Local authorities must realise this as Ireland approaches a National Broadband Strategy.Tags: Digital Divide, BT, Vodafone, Jeroen Hoencamp, Fibre, Pat Rabbitte, Ireland, Job Creation, Broadband, -
Weekend news roundup: Ka Shing to offer more ka-ching for Eircom; Google News revamp News
08.05.2012 In our roundup of some of the tech reports in the weekend newspapers, it appears Li Ka Shing's Hutchison Whampoa may make another offer for Eircom; Google TV is set to make a... -
Magnet buys UK FTTH player Velocity 1 - reveals fibre deal with Sky News
08.05.2012 Magnet Networks has entered the UK fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) market with the acquisition of a 90pc stake in UK fibre broadband player Velocity 1 from Quintain Estates and... -
Vodafone to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide for stg£1.04bn News
23.04.2012 Vodafone Group will acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW), which owns the UK’s largest fibre network, for stg£1.04bn in order to strengthen its enterprise business and for...Categories: Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Networking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deals Done, Communications -
Build and they’ll dot.com News
19.04.2012 Digital infrastructure is vital to Ireland. With visionary insight, Diane Hodnett spearheaded the $15m CeltixConnect fibre gateway linking Ireland with the UK.Tags: Entrepreneurs, Start-ups, Ireland, Broadband, Digital Economy, CeltixConnect, Jobs, Innovation, Fibre -
Eircom reveals locations for Phase 2 of fibre rollout News
05.04.2012 Incumbent telecoms operator Eircom, which last week sought examinership in the High Court, today revealed the locations for Phase 2 of its fibre rollout in Ireland. -
Fastcom Telecom invests €1m in network upgrade, plans jobs News
21.03.2012 Sligo firm Fastcom Telecom has invested €1m in a network upgrade, following a 30pc growth in its business services division last year. The company is now planning to create five... -
Eircom ends sales process – lenders’ new plan supported ‘in principle’ News
14.03.2012 After completing the M&A process with no satisfactory bids apparent, Eircom has in principle welcomed revised proposals from first lien lenders that may kick start a €400m... -
Ireland has second-highest cost per megabit in EU News
14.03.2012 New research based on the Ookla Net Index reveals that Ireland is the second most expensive country in the EU for each megabit of data at US$8.85, only trumped by Cyprus at... -
Growth of tablets and smartphones drives Wi-Fi surge - ComReg News
13.03.2012 Despite a decline in the number of Wi-Fi hotspots in Ireland, a 60pc increase in the use of Wi-Fi minutes in the fourth quarter of 2011 reflects growth in the number of tablets...Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Mobile, Mobility, Networking & Telecoms, Wireless Communications -
Digiweb rolls out 30Mbps broadband services News
07.03.2012 Broadband provider Digiweb has rolled out a new 30Mbps broadband service to an addressable market of 500,000 homes across Ireland. -
UPC in exclusive deal with RTÉ to host new digital TV channels News
24.02.2012 UPC has reached a deal with RTÉ to be the only pay-TV provider to be carrying RTÉ’s new digital channels, including RTÉ HD, RTÉ +1, RTÉ Junior and later in the summer RTÉ News Now.Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Deals Done, Consumer Tech -
Eircom fibre rollout – plans to reach 1m homes in three years News
20.02.2012 Eircom this evening warned senior lenders that its earnings for the last six months are down on last year and behind target. It also revealed that its fibre broadband rollout... -
AirSpeed Telecom investing €1.75m in new Dublin fibre ring News
20.02.2012 Wireless communications provider AirSpeed Telecom is investing €1.75 in a new Dublin fibre ring for its national network, letting Dublin companies connect to the fibre ring at... -
ASAI upholds Magnet ‘fastest broadband’ complaint against UPC News
03.02.2012 In what seems like a case of ‘my data pipe is bigger than your data pipe’, the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) has upheld a complaint by Magnet objecting to... -
Holy smokes! BT plans to offer 300Mbps broadband across UK News
03.02.2012 Following successful trials of FTTP on Demand in Cornwall, BT says it will soon be able to offer end users speeds of up to 300Mbps anywhere on BT’s fibre footprint, including... -
UK broadband speeds are 22pc faster than last year News
02.02.2012 Broadband speeds in the UK have shot up by 22pc on last year, a new survey by Ofcom reveals. Residential broadband speeds in November were 7.6Mbps, compared with 6.2Mbps a year...