Tagged: Mobile Broadband & News
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Major uptake of mobile broadband among SMEs News
30.03.2009 Almost a third of senior SME managers now use mobile broadband, according to mobile operator O2, which recently reached the 100,000 milestone in terms of mobile broadband...Categories: Comms -
EU telecoms sector weathers economic storm News
25.03.2009 Europe’s telecoms market is weathering the current economic storm, but Ireland’s fixed-line broadband penetration is still behind the EU average, and our wholesale market is...Categories: Comms -
EU broadband roaming cap: a victory for consumers? News
24.03.2009 Bill shocks could be a thing of the past in Europe. The European Union (EU) today reached a draft deal to slash the cost of texting from abroad, as well as setting the wholesale...Categories: Comms -
Vodafone offers free calls from landline to 2.2 million mobiles News
27.02.2009 Vodafone is to offer business owner/managers free fixed-line calls to 2.2 million mobile numbers as part of its move into fixed-line services, the company said today.Categories: Comms -
Despite fall in revenue, O2 hits highest subscriber numbers News
26.02.2009 Telefonica O2’s Irish operations have recorded a 5pc year-on-year increase in customer numbers – some 81,561 new subscribers – bringing its customer base to its highest peak of...Categories: Business -
Telefonica in mobile internet deal with Amdocs' ChangingWorlds News
17.02.2009 ChangingWorlds, the UCD spin-off company acquired for US$60m by tech giant Amdocs, has been selected by Telefonica Europe to be the key platform to launch its groundbreaking new... -
3 Ireland extends download limit to 15GB News
10.02.2009 Customers of 3 Ireland’s mobile broadband service will be pleased to find out that the current monthly download limit of 10GB has been extended by 50pc to 15GB.Categories: CommsTags: Mobile Broadband, 3 Ireland, -
BlackBerry Storms Vodafone’s Xmas sales News
03.02.2009 Mobile operator Vodafone said today that the BlackBerry Storm was its No 1 selling device at Christmas. The company also revealed that its mobile broadband connections now stand...Categories: Comms -
Mobile broadband is going mainstream, new report states News
07.01.2009 Mobile broadband in the US is transitioning into a mainstream service that could withstand the current economic downturn, according to a report out today.Categories: Comms -
Student mobile broadband wars set to begin News
25.11.2008 Mobile operators offering mobile broadband will begin vying for the hearts – and wallets – of connected third-level students, following the latest deal by O2 and HEAnet...Categories: Comms -
Vodafone creates ‘Total Communications’ brand to drive fixed and wireless News
11.11.2008 Vodafone has created a new business unit called Total Communications, which will oversee the full integration of the Perlico business into Vodafone and be a force in the mobile...Categories: Comms -
Meteor storms into mobile broadband News
06.11.2008 In recent weeks, Meteor went live with the first stage of its 3G network, and by next year plans to be a force in the mobile broadband business. Elaine Robinson is head of...Categories: CommsTags: Meteor, Mobile Broadband -
Hutchison to develop low-cost iPhone killers – working with Facebook News
21.10.2008 The parent company of mobile operator 3 is about to introduce an affordable, one-button, touchscreen, internet-capable handset called the INQ that will threaten the market of... -
Novel US plan to use TV white spaces to boost broadband availability News
17.10.2008 Affordable, nationwide, high-speed broadband connectivity could become available right across the US, and be a model for other nations to follow, if a plan to make use of unused...Categories: Comms -
25pc of homes will be mobile-only broadband users News
14.10.2008 Fixed broadband providers will need to come up with a way of countering the massive invasion of mobile broadband into their core area of growth.Categories: Comms -
Long Term Evolution only a few years away News
22.09.2008 A future game-changing technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE), which will compete with WiMax for high-speed broadband over wide areas, should be landing in Ireland within...Categories: Comms -
Has Ireland really passed the one million broadband user milestone? News
11.09.2008 According to the latest quarterly report from ComReg, if you count in mobile broadband, the total number of broadband subscribers at the end of June in the Republic of Ireland...Categories: Comms -
O2 offers 30-day mobile broadband contract News
02.09.2008 O2 Ireland has introduced a flexible mobile broadband price plan called O2 Clear Broadband – a new 30-day contract priced at €30 per month for a 5GB data limit.Categories: Comms -
Faster services and lower prices herald mobile broadband arms race News
07.08.2008 Does 3G technology offer a viable alternative to fixed-line broadband?Categories: Comms -
Wireless broadband revenue predicted to shoot up by 2015 News
31.07.2008 Globally, 2.1 billion wireless broadband customers will generate US$784bn in service revenue by 2015, a report out today is predicting.Categories: Comms