Tagged: Digital Divide
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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, -
UPC launches Internet Buttons to help seniors navigate web News
26.03.2012 UPC has launched a new webtool called Internet Buttons which can be set up to allow people new to the internet - particularly older people - to quickly access services they... -
Apple’s move into textbook business will be a game changer News
12.01.2012 All wags are waxing on about Apple launching into the education books business or the textbook business on 19 January at an event in the Guggenheim in New York. It is being... -
NUI Galway’s ‘Click & Connect’ computer training seeks to close digital divide News
10.01.2012 Anyone who believes they have been ‘digitally excluded’ now have a chance to brush up on their skills, courtesy of a new computer training initiative from NUI Galway, Limerick... -
Ireland 53rd in the world for download speeds – new report News
08.12.2011 The latest Ookla Net Index shows that Irish broadband speeds in terms of downloads are 53rd in the world, leaving the country trailing developing nations like Mongolia, Moldova... -
‘Get Your Folks Online’ helps you teach your parents how to use the web News
25.11.2011 Google and Age Action have joined forces to create ‘Get Your Folks Online,’ a website which gives people the resources to them help teach older family members how to use the... -
Digital Ireland Forum to address nation’s economic opportunity News
25.07.2011 A panel of digital leaders led by Oscar and BAFTA-award winning film producer and former UK government digital adviser Lord David Puttnam will focus on the digital economy... -
‘Data is the new oil’ News
23.06.2011 The Government’s new taskforce is focused on delivering 30Mbps broadband for all, and 100Mbps for half of Ireland’s citizens. But will it succeed?Categories: Telecommunications, Networks, Mobility, Investments, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Government, Economy, Digital 21, Communications -
UK to give free laptops and broadband to poor students News
11.01.2010 In a visionary stg£300-million move to remove a potential educational digital divide, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has revealed a plan to provide free laptops to more than...Categories: Comms -
ComReg seeks consultants for digital TV switchover News
27.05.2008 Ireland’s national telecoms regulator ComReg has issued a tender notice seeking consultants to advise it on a suitable approach to its digital dividend strategy, or the... -
Call for schools’ broadband to benefit communities News
21.04.2008 The Schools Broadband Service should be expanded to enable communities to avail of high-quality broadband cheaply, the incoming president of Chambers Ireland has suggested.Categories: GovernmentTags: Digital Divide, Chambers Ireland, -
Internet wins the hearts [and wallets] of Irish silver surfers News
19.03.2008 While only 21pc of adult internet users are older than 50 years they account for the largest online spend across a range of internet areas including holiday and travel services,... -
DCC provides senior citizens with PCs and IT training News
12.03.2008 Dublin City Council is kitting out 15 sheltered housing complexes for senior citizens with computers and broadband connections this year in a bid to get older residents...Categories: Government, R&D -
Holy smokes, it’s the silver surfers! News
10.03.2008 In their rush to be all things cool and trendy, mobile networks and broadband providers are overlooking an important market, the over 55s, with the result that the digital... -
eBay Ireland report shows ‘two-tier online nation’ News
22.01.2008 After tracking the nationwide activity of online shoppers throughout 2007, eBay Ireland found a large discrepancy between e-commerce habits in the 26 counties.Categories: Business -
Irish North/West is broadband black spot News
17.09.2007 A new map highlights the continuing digital divide between rural areas of Ireland and the large urban areas, with most of the North West of Ireland having less than 10pc...Categories: CommsTags: OECD, Digital Divide -
Taoiseach to address info society summit News
10.12.2003 Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD is due to speak at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva tomorrow as the head of a Government delegation that includes Minister...Categories: Government, R&D -
Time to address digital divide says Minister News
09.12.2003 Ireland is uniquely qualified to play a leading role in bridging the global digital divide, the Minister of State for Development Co-operation and Human Rights, Tom Kitt TD, has...Categories: R&DTags: Digital Divide, ICT Sector -
Digital divide deepens News
05.12.2003 A scientific survey by the Information Society Commission (ISC) has indicated that the digital divide in Ireland is widening with 74pc of people in the higher professional...Categories: CIO