Tagged: Next Generation Access
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ComReg maintains Eircom wholesale NGA launch date of 20 May News
08.03.2013 Ireland telecoms regulator ComReg has restored the launch of wholesale next-generation access (NGA) broadband from 8 April to the original target date of 20 May in response to... -
Telcos seek Oireachtas meeting over next-generation broadband News
22.02.2013 Licensed telecoms body ALTO is seeking an Oireachtas hearing over the introduction of Next Generation Access (NGA) for broadband by Eircom, claiming its members were given...Categories: Telecommunications, Infrastructure Management, Government, Digital Media, Communications -
Eircom strategy: no price differential for broadband between urban and rural areas News
13.02.2013 In the wake of a controversial regulatory decision to create a Larger Exchange Area (LEA) mechanism that will enable incumbent Eircom to offer lower-priced bundles in... -
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... -
ComReg answers our questions about proposed changes to Ireland's telecoms market News
22.11.2012 A recent consultation by Ireland's communications regulator ComReg proposes dividing up the Irish telecoms market into different segments with Larger Exchange Areas (LEAs) where... -
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 -
Ireland will learn its broadband fate tomorrow – can we avoid a digital divide? News
29.08.2012 Tomorrow Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte TD will reveal a new national broadband plan for Ireland. For a country that has been disappointed time and time again in terms of... -
Broadband urgency as Ireland hurtles towards a damaging digital divide News
02.05.2012 The stakes have never been higher. Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte today confirmed the National Broadband Strategy that will be published in July will contain... -
Fibre breakthrough as Eircom and E-net finally connect News
30.06.2011 Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) in 94 key towns across Ireland may soon be joined to the Eircom NGN Core platform following a backhaul deal that connects one MAN – in Birr, Co... -
E-net makes €25m investment in next-generation access News
23.05.2011 Open access operator E-net is to create 20 new technical jobs and 30 construction jobs as part of a €25m investment that CEO Conal Henry says will focus on targeting the...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Jobs, Investments, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Digital 21, Communications -
Telecoms industry will struggle to meet Digital Agenda targets News
13.10.2010 Ireland’s telecoms sector will need to be able to invest an additional €300m per annum in telecoms infrastructure if it is to get close to EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes’ target...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Economy, Digital 21, Communications -
Ireland requires €2.5bn investment for next-generation broadband News
19.04.2010 A €2.5bn capital investment will be necessary to invest in the roll out of next-generation broadband access which will in turn provide Ireland with the economic stimulus it...Tags: Broadband, Eircom, BT, Investment, Cable TV, 4G, TIF, Fibre, Tommy McCabe, Next Generation Access, Next Generation Broadband, -
Magnet cuts prices of next-gen 24Mbps broadband News
30.11.2009 Magnet has cut the price of its 24Mbps broadband service to €29.99 a month from €39.99, a saving of €120 annually. -
Next-generation broadband ‘unlikely’ in 3-5 years News
25.11.2009 ComReg has defined next-generation broadband as 25Mbps and higher. However, unless there’s a co-ordinated effort by industry and State, widespread next-generation access is... -
If you want a smart economy it’s about the infrastructure, stupid! News
23.09.2009 European countries need to start thinking of the provision of essential next-generation communications infrastructure as a public good and vital for social justice, the...Categories: Comms, Government -
Ireland’s next generation access network will cost €2.5bn to build News
21.09.2009 The cost of constructing Ireland’s next generation access network will run to €2.5bn over 10 years, a study by Analysys Mason suggests.Categories: Comms