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  • AirSpeed Telecom invests €1.6m in cloud network

    AirSpeed Telecom invests €1.6m in cloud network

    16.05.2011 Wireless licensed telecoms operator AirSpeed Telecom is investing €1.6m in the development of a cloud-ready network for Irish businesses.

  • HEAnet to look at security options for schools broadband

    HEAnet to look at security options for schools broadband

    16.05.2011 The Higher Education Authority is sounding out the market to provide web filtering and network security for the Schools Broadband Network which comprises close to 3,900 schools.

  • TV viewers plan to go free-to-air after analogue switch-off

    TV viewers plan to go free-to-air after analogue switch-off

    16.05.2011 Some 16pc of Irish TV viewers – 256,000 homes – are rurally-based terrestrial TV viewers and over two thirds of them have indicated that they plan to opt for a free to air service post analogue switch-off rather than a pay TV service.

  • CIOs get real-time info to their smartphones

    CIOs get real-time info to their smartphones

    16.05.2011 Trilogy Technologies has launched a new mobile service for IT directors that provides them with real-time infrastructure information to their iPhone, Android or Blackberry devices while on the movie.

  • Location-based news is born, says Google

    Location-based news is born, says Google

    14.05.2011 Google has kick-started a new era of location-driven news. Last night it launched a new feature in its US English Edition of Google News for iPhone and Android devices called ‘News near you.’

  • No LTE on iPhone 5? Expect iPhone 4S instead

    No LTE on iPhone 5? Expect iPhone 4S instead

    14.05.2011 Apple’s iPhone 5 smartphone due out in September is unlikely to come with 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio technology, analysts believe. LTE is still in rollout phase and in many countries it could be year before networks and devices work are ready.

  • iOS app developers face lawsuit over in-app purchases

    iOS app developers face lawsuit over in-app purchases

    14.05.2011 A Pandora’s Box of legal issues has been opened after it emerged that iOS app developers in the US and UK have been approached by patent licensing firm Lodsys accusing them of infringing its patents in relation to in-app purchases.

  • Samsung ‘s new 10.1-inch tablet display to challenge iPad 3

    Samsung ‘s new 10.1-inch tablet display to challenge iPad 3

    13.05.2011 Samsung is about to unveil a new 10.1-inch tablet display that is bigger than the Apple iPad’s 9.7-inch screen and which will compete with Apple’s Retina display in terms of screen resolution and definition.

  • O2 says smartphone usage up 39pc, data traffic up 40pc

    O2 says smartphone usage up 39pc, data traffic up 40pc

    13.05.2011 Telefonica O2 Ireland has reported a 23pc increase in its mobile broadband customer base which grew to 170,000 at the end of Q1. In its Q1 KPIs O2 said that smartphone usage on its Irish network increased by 39pc during the quarter.

  • Network a key enabler as profits at BT Ireland jump 11pc

    Network a key enabler as profits at BT Ireland jump 11pc

    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 by 3pc to stg£749.8m.