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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:48:41 +0000 30 http://siliconrepublic.com/img/silicon-republic-logo-144px.gif http://siliconrepublic.com/news/section/11/comms 144 18 New legislation granting telecoms companies access to ducting running along Ireland's motorways will avoid the costly duplication of road openings by multiple telecoms operators. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15618/comms/govt-passes-legislation-to-open-up-motorway-ducts-for-broadband http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15618/comms/govt-passes-legislation-to-open-up-motorway-ducts-for-broadband Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:30:00 +0000 Comms Bitbuzz, a Wi-Fi network operator set up in 2003, has launched a new Wi-Fi hotspot at Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, offering free Wi-Fi in all public areas of Guinness Storehouse. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15602/comms/free-wi-fi-access-available-at-guinness-storehouse http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15602/comms/free-wi-fi-access-available-at-guinness-storehouse Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:09:00 +0000 Comms Driven by the next wave of apps and services like Presence, Geolocation and Social Web, revenues from mobile access to Web 2.0 apps and services will be worth US$18.9bn, analysts have forecast. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15598/comms/mobile-web-2-0-apps-market-to-be-worth-us-18-9bn-by-2014 http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15598/comms/mobile-web-2-0-apps-market-to-be-worth-us-18-9bn-by-2014 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:01:00 +0000 Comms Vodafone Ireland CEO Charles Butterworth says the pace of mobile innovation must now be matched by industry working together on the fixed line side to ensure that fibre infrastructure investment takes place to boost the economy. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15590/comms/ubiquitous-broadband-future-may-be-closer-than-you-think http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15590/comms/ubiquitous-broadband-future-may-be-closer-than-you-think Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:01:00 +0000 Comms St Patrick's Day has come and gone, but it is the one day of the year that makes us acutely aware of being Irish. With this comes plenty of family and friends scattered across the globe with whom we like to share a long-distance chat. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15592/comms/skypes-the-limit http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15592/comms/skypes-the-limit Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:59:00 +0000 Comms A Wicklow-based mother of two children with autism, Lisa Domican, has developed a new iPhone app she hopes will help children with autism better develop their communications skills. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15569/digital-life/mum-of-two-creates-iphone-app-for-autistic-children http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15569/digital-life/mum-of-two-creates-iphone-app-for-autistic-children Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:41:00 +0000 Digital Life Regulators in the US are set to roll out an ambitious broadband policy plan that will see the average American experience increases in speeds up to 25 times faster than what they currently experience. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15562/comms/major-us-broadband-policy-plan-to-be-revealed http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15562/comms/major-us-broadband-policy-plan-to-be-revealed Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:46:00 +0000 Comms Problems with its Nexus One handset may mean that Google will be unable to deliver the product to mass European markets, like the UK, until the middle of next month. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15561/comms/nexus-ones-arrival-in-europe-delayed http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15561/comms/nexus-ones-arrival-in-europe-delayed Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:29:00 +0000 Comms Mobile phone giant Nokia has revised its forecasts for 2010 and said it expects industry mobile device volumes to be up 10pc in 2010 compared with the previous year. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15560/business/nokia-predicts-10pc-upswing-in-mobile-volumes-in-2010 http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15560/business/nokia-predicts-10pc-upswing-in-mobile-volumes-in-2010 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:16:00 +0000 Business Wireless tech firm VisionID has deployed new technology to enable Johnson & Johnson to track and monitor stock at a key Cork plant, allowing the company to safely and accurately pinpoint its throughput of lifesaving drugs and drug ingredients in an instant. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15550/cio/visionid-puts-johnson-and-johnson-in-global-supply-chain http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15550/cio/visionid-puts-johnson-and-johnson-in-global-supply-chain Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:28:00 +0000 CIO Technology industry and academic leaders have welcomed the recommendations of the Innovation Taskforce and are urging Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD to implement them as a matter of urgency for the economy. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15542/start-ups/taoiseach-urged-to-implement-innovation-taskforce-report http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15542/start-ups/taoiseach-urged-to-implement-innovation-taskforce-report Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:43:00 +0000 Start-ups Independent licensed telecoms providers in Ireland have added their voice to the call to prioritise the introduction of postcodes which will be vital to future GPS and location-based e-commerce services. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15541/comms/telcos-warn-post-codes-essential-to-future-of-comms http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15541/comms/telcos-warn-post-codes-essential-to-future-of-comms Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:36:00 +0000 Comms BT has commenced the latest chapter in its 21st Century Network (21CN) rollout with the deployment of Etherflow fibre/radio access points across Ireland. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15532/comms/bt-begins-ngn-etherflow-rollout-in-ireland http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15532/comms/bt-begins-ngn-etherflow-rollout-in-ireland Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:06:00 +0000 Comms Ireland is to become one of the first countries in the world to see the commercial deployment of the next generation - or 3.5G - of mobile broadband that will have speeds of between 14Mbps and 16Mbps available by as early as September. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15526/comms/ireland-to-be-proving-ground-for-latest-hspa-mobile-broadband-technology http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15526/comms/ireland-to-be-proving-ground-for-latest-hspa-mobile-broadband-technology Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:05:00 +0000 Comms UPC has unveiled a new range of broadband speeds for SMEs ranging from 10Mbps right up to 30Mbps in a move that will add impetus to the fibre-powered broadband market in Ireland. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15523/comms/upcs-30mbps-broadband-product-for-smes http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15523/comms/upcs-30mbps-broadband-product-for-smes Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:22:00 +0000 Comms Ireland's next-generation network (NGN) rollout has started subtly with the creation of a €2.5m NGN Test Centre at Waterford Institute of Technology, involving Enterprise Ireland, Eircom, Meteor and Ericsson. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15521/comms/next-generation-network-rollout-begins-with-2-5m-testbed http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15521/comms/next-generation-network-rollout-begins-with-2-5m-testbed Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:51:00 +0000 Comms A router that operates at a blisteringly fast 322 terabits per second represents the lynchpin of internet giant Cisco's strategy to set in motion the next-generation internet experience. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15516/comms/cisco-lays-foundations-of-the-next-generation-internet http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15516/comms/cisco-lays-foundations-of-the-next-generation-internet Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Comms Dublin-headquartered chip firm S3 Group has signed a deal to deliver the integrated circuit (IC) technology to power global satellite mobile firm Iridium Corporation's next-generation services. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15514/comms/irish-firms-chip-to-power-comms-on-iridium-satellite http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15514/comms/irish-firms-chip-to-power-comms-on-iridium-satellite Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:58:00 +0000 Comms Telefónica O2 Ireland is extending its range of landline and fixed broadband business services, targeting both SMEs and larger businesses. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15510/comms/o2-creates-broadband-one-stop-shop-for-business http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15510/comms/o2-creates-broadband-one-stop-shop-for-business Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:10:00 +0000 Comms A new social-networking player has entered the scene to take on micro-messaging player Twitter with a service that enables macro-messages of 300 characters. The Whispurr social-networking service promises to bridge the online world with the offline world. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15496/new-media/twitters-nemesis-arrives-as-a-whispurr-rather-than-a-bang http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15496/new-media/twitters-nemesis-arrives-as-a-whispurr-rather-than-a-bang Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:17:00 +0000 New Media Four out of five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a global survey suggests. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15491/comms/most-people-believe-internet-access-a-fundamental-right http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15491/comms/most-people-believe-internet-access-a-fundamental-right Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:24:00 +0000 Comms The worldwide market for touchscreen mobile devices will surpass 362.7 million units in 2010, a 96.8pc increase from 2009 sales of 184.3 million units, according to Gartner. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15479/comms/touchscreen-mobile-phone-sales-to-grow-almost-100pc-in-2010 http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15479/comms/touchscreen-mobile-phone-sales-to-grow-almost-100pc-in-2010 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:16:00 +0000 Comms Eircom has restructured its management team to right-purpose the company for the challenges it faces in reducing costs and battling regulatory, economic and competitive constraints, the company said today. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15478/comms/eircom-shuffles-management-team-meteor-chief-steps-down http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15478/comms/eircom-shuffles-management-team-meteor-chief-steps-down Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:37:00 +0000 Comms The Commission for Communications Regulation has launched an initiative to help Ireland's SMEs address telecommunications and e-business issues more efficiently. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15468/comms/comreg-launches-initiatives-for-irelands-sme-sector http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15468/comms/comreg-launches-initiatives-for-irelands-sme-sector Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:47:00 +0000 Comms Technology is the gift that keeps on giving and cloud computing is one of those gifts, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last night told students at the University of Washington as he outlined his vision of where the cloud is going. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15460/cio/the-us-3-3trn-cloud-computing-opportunity-steve-ballmer http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15460/cio/the-us-3-3trn-cloud-computing-opportunity-steve-ballmer Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:55:00 +0000 CIO The Gaelic Athletics Association (GAA) has rolled out Google's Gmail service to 100pc of club secretaries - some 6,000 people - it has emerged. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15457/cio/gaa-passes-the-ball-to-google-apps http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15457/cio/gaa-passes-the-ball-to-google-apps Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:22:00 +0000 CIO An Analysys Mason study on behalf of European telco group ECTA has found that there is a €25bn deficit in lost earnings by consumers and businesses every year in Europe due to restricted broadband speeds and continued dominance by incumbent telecoms operators. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15448/comms/ecta-identifies-25bn-european-digital-deficit http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15448/comms/ecta-identifies-25bn-european-digital-deficit Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Comms Ireland needs to find a way to emulate the success of locations like Silicon Valley and can begin by fixing the things that are broken and using digital technologies to transform the economy, said the chairman of the advisory board of UCD Smurfit Business School Paul Haran this morning. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15443/business/digital-transformation-will-fix-the-irish-economy http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15443/business/digital-transformation-will-fix-the-irish-economy Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:55:00 +0000 Business Communications Minister Eamon Ryan said that next-generation telecoms infrastructure and alternative new energy solutions will help provide the economic stimulus the Irish economy needs in the absence of financial levers. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15433/comms/broadband-infrastructure-investment-crucial-ryan http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15433/comms/broadband-infrastructure-investment-crucial-ryan Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:06:00 +0000 Comms Top technologists from the world's second-largest mobile manufacturer, Samsung, are to hold a Developers Day in Dublin on 25 March to show Irish software developers how to build apps for the forthcoming Samsung Apps Market. http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15427/new-media/samsung-invites-apps-developers-on-us-2-7m-wave http://siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15427/new-media/samsung-invites-apps-developers-on-us-2-7m-wave Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:30:00 +0000 New Media