Tagged: LLU & News
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European Commission urged to block proposed split of Irish telecoms market News
22.11.2012 Organisations representing Irish telecoms companies and consumers have written to the European Commission warning that a two-tier telecoms market is about to emerge in Ireland....Categories: Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Economy, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: ComReg, Eircom, BT, Magnet, Sky, UPC, Broadband, Cable Broadband, LLU, Vodafone, O2, 4G, Superfast Broadband, Next Generation Access -
BT to trial 80Mbps fibre broadband in Ireland ahead of potential rollout (exclusive) News
15.08.2012 BT is planning to trial fibre-to-the-cabinet broadband in Dun Laoghaire and a number of semi-urban locations across the Republic of Ireland with a view to deploying 80Mbps VDSL...Categories: Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Hardware, Digital Business, Communications -
BT all-Ireland revenues up 1pc to stg£757m News
11.05.2012 Telecoms and ICT provider BT this morning reported a 1pc increase in revenues for the year of stg£757m. It said its transformation process, ongoing inrastructure rollout north...Tags: O2, Northern Ireland, Investment, BT Business, BT, Telecoms, ICT, Vodafone, 3 Ireland, Fibre Infrastructure Investment, LLU -
Vodafone reports it has 200,000 fixed line customers in Ireland News
20.01.2012 Vodafone’s Irish division has reported that after three years it has achieved the milestone of 200,000 paying customers for landline and broadband services. -
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... -
Network a key enabler as profits at BT Ireland jump 11pc News
13.05.2011 BT Ireland reported an 11pc increase in profits and said it is pushing a head with a 26pc increase in capital spend on network and IT infrastructure. Revenues decreased slightly... -
Irish telecoms revenues grew 3.1pc in Q4 News
18.03.2011 Irish telecoms industry revenues continued to show signs of growth for the third quarter in a row, with revenues up 3.1pc to €998m in the fourth quarter. However, total annual...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Communications -
Private sector should drive the bulk of next-gen network investment News
19.08.2010 BT Ireland CEO Graham Sutherland believes competition in telecoms will help restore the economy. -
EU backs ComReg proposal to cut Eircom broadband charges News
02.10.2009 UPDATE: The European Commission today endorsed ComReg’s proposal to lower the prices charged by incumbent operator Eircom for allowing competitors for granting access to its...Categories: Comms -
Eircom and Vodafone embroiled in home broadband price war News
29.09.2009 Incumbent operator Eircom and the new No 2 player in the Irish telecoms market Vodafone are embroiled in a price war over telephone and broadband bundles for home owners.Categories: Comms -
BT hits out at Eircom High Court action News
22.09.2009 Another year … another court action. It’s easy to confuse 2005 with 2001, especially with regard to telecoms and local loop unbundling. Yesterday, Ireland’s second-largest...Categories: Comms, Government -
Eircom to challenge ComReg line share reduction News
16.09.2009 Eircom has lodged an appeal with the High Court against ComReg’s decision to slash the cost of line share to alternative local loop unbundling (LLU) operators from €8.41 to €0.77.Categories: Comms -
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 , -
BT and Vodafone LLU pact approved by Competition Authority News
21.08.2009 The Competition Authority has approved a broadband joint venture between BT and Vodafone that will see BT open its unbundled local loop (LLU) to Vodafone. -
ComReg price cut will stimulate wholesale broadband market News
19.08.2009 ComReg’s decision to dramatically reduce the cost of unbundling broadband lines from €8.41 down to 77 cents will make the Irish broadband market more competitive at a wholesale...Categories: Comms -
LLU rethink needed as UK reaches 6m lines News
11.08.2009 The contrast between the UK and Ireland’s respective approaches to local loop unbundling (LLU) has never been starker – the UK has now 6m lines unbundled while in the Republic...Categories: Comms -
A new beginning for Ireland’s last-mile broadband hopes? News
30.07.2009 Last week, two global telcos, BT and Vodafone, with a significant presence in the Irish market forged a joint venture on broadband. The question is: will it advance Ireland’s so...Categories: Comms -
BT and Vodafone CEOs plan a broadband network ‘of scale’ News
23.07.2009 BT chief executive Chris Clark and Vodafone chief executive Charles Butterworth plan to grow their combined local loop infrastructure from 20pc of today’s market to two-thirds...Categories: CommsTags: Broadband, Eircom, Vodafone, BT, ComReg, LLU, Chris Clark, Local Loop Unbundling, Charles Butterworth -
EU backs ComReg proposal to cut Eircom access charges News
18.06.2009 The European Commission has backed a proposal by Irish telecoms operator the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) to lower the prices Eircom charges competitors to...Categories: Comms, Government -
LLU cut a step in right direction, but more work to be done News
08.05.2009 There has been a mixed response from Ireland’s local loop unbundling (LLU) stakeholders to today’s price reduction proposals by the Commission for Communications Regulation...Categories: Comms