Tagged: Fibre Backhaul
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Digiweb merger with Viatel creates pan-European fibre player News
15.05.2013 Digiweb has merged with Viatel, a London-based telecoms operator, creating a telecoms operator that will connect 34 Western European cities over an 8,500km fibre network. -
Transatlantic fibre player Hibernia Networks completes US$52.5m refinancing News
17.01.2013 Transatlantic network services player Hibernia Networks has just completed a US$52.5m debt refinancing, with new lenders Fortress Investment group LLC and Bridges Bank taking part. -
Hibernia Atlantic changes its name to Hibernia Networks News
16.01.2013 Transatlantic fibre broadband carrier Hibernia Atlantic has changed its name to Hibernia Networks to reflect its increased focus on high bandwidth connectivity solutions in the... -
Dark fibre motorway survey completed – vital first step towards next gen networks News
08.12.2012 Never mind all the talk about fibre networks, what really needs to be talked about is dark fibre – the high capacity cable that will future-proof Ireland to be at the crossroads... -
Eircom’s quad-play future: TV services to come in wake of fibre and 4G News
07.12.2012 Eircom’s new CEO Herb Hribar and its new CFO Richard Moat have revealed that Eircom is planning new TV services to compete with UPC and Sky and plans to create a ‘data... -
ESB in Emerald Bridge JV to connect its fibre network to major UK cities News
04.12.2012 ESB Telecoms has forged a deal with Geo Networks in the UK that will see the ESB’s 1,300km fibre network in Ireland connect with all the major cities across the UK via the... -
Alcatel-Lucent CTO Marcus Weldon: nations will need to plan for fibre everywhere (video) News
07.11.2012 While the future is undoubtedly multi-screen, multi-device and wireless broadband everywhere, sophisticated fibre networks connected to energy-efficient cell devices will be... -
Sea Fibre Networks shortens route to London with Staffordshire Gateway News
10.10.2012 Sea Fibre Networks, the firm responsible for the CeltixConnect fibre network connecting Dublin with the UK, has launched a new interconnection point called the Staffordshire... -
Dark-fibre player PiPiper strikes deal with Apollo to bring transatlantic cable ashore in Ireland News
14.09.2012 PiPiper, an emerging dark-fibre provider that has the potential to generate hundreds of jobs and boost the Irish economy by deploying dark fibre around Ireland, has forged an... -
Potential economic boost as rural Clare community gets a 100Mbps broadband service News
06.09.2012 A fibre-to-the-mast deployment by Mid-West Wireless will see people in the Kilmaley district of Co Clare served with a 100Mbps broadband service ideal for heavy video streaming... -
Eircom reveals new CEO Herb Hribar, plus new CFO Richard Moat News
03.08.2012 Telecoms operator Eircom Group has today revealed two new appointments at the company. Herb Hribar is to become group chief executive officer and Richard Moat is set to be group... -
#DIF12 – Infrastructure is key to reaping rewards of big data News
26.03.2012 Ireland must invest in the next generation of digital infrastructure to enable the country to steal a march and sustain its present edge in the emerging big data world, the CEO... -
Every Irish secondary school to get 100Mbps broadband by 2014 News
06.02.2012 By 2014, every secondary school in Ireland will have 100Mbps broadband, Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, and Education Minister Ruairi Quinn, TD, said today. The... -
Aurora Telecom deploys dark fibre in Shannon region News
16.12.2011 Bord Gais subsidiary Aurora Telecom has deployed a new dark-fibre infrastructure around Shannon Free Zone and connecting Smithstown business parks. -
US$15m UK-Ireland fibre network begins rollout today News
12.12.2011 A US$15m sub-sea network connecting Ireland and the UK will begin the process of being laid from Dublin today – the first sub-sea cable laid in 11 years. The network will take... -
Rollout of Ireland’s dark fibre network to generate 277 new jobs News
03.12.2011 Some 277 new jobs are to be created in the rollout of dark fibre across Ireland by PiPiper Infrastructure, which is deploying the infrastructure as part of an overall €88m... -
Ireland-UK under-sea fibre cable to go live in December News
27.09.2011 Described as one Europe’s most advanced sub-sea cable networks, CeltixConnect has revealed that its €15m Ireland to UK fibre optic network will go live on 12 December. -
E-net profits rocket 70pc, boosted by strong demand for fibre News
09.09.2011 Open access telco E-net, which operates the Irish Government’s nationwide Metropolitan Area Network (MANs)s in 94 key locations, has reported a 20pc jump in turnover of €17.5m... -
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... -
Ireland needs to move fast on 4G spectrum plans News
22.06.2011 Ireland needs to get moving on the 900MHz spectrum issue, urges IrelandOffline. It has proposed creating a new single operator that will serve other mobile operators in managing...