Tagged: Department Of Communications & News
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New Digital Hub office space opens in historic 18th-century building News
26.11.2012 An 18th-century townhouse that was home to a feather merchant and provided refuge for a 1798 rebel has been redeveloped as a space for start-ups and other digital firms at... -
An interview with Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte on Ireland’s broadband future News
04.09.2012 John Kennedy talks to Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte about the new National Broadband Strategy, which aims to deliver high-speed broadband to homes and firms... -
Govt pilots new SMS emergency service News
13.01.2012 Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, today kick started the pilot of a new SMS service aimed at those who have difficulty in communicating verbally with emergency services,...Categories: Government, Consumer Tech, Communications, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Unified Communications, Wireless Communications -
No one gets left behind, says Rabbitte on digital TV switchover News
10.01.2012 Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has signed an agreement with national voluntary organisation The Wheel to develop and operate a nationwide outreach digital switchover... -
CWU urges Eircom stakeholders to accept STT restructure proposal News
16.12.2011 The Communications Workers Union has urged Eircom stakeholders and lenders to consider Singapore Technologies Telemedia’s (STT’s) offer to restructure and ultimately save the... -
5,000 jobs and €1bn revenues tipped for Irish audio-visual industry News
28.07.2011 Employment in the Irish audio-visual sector is expected to double from 5,000 to 10,000 and turnover to double from €500m to €1bn, according to a new report from the Irish...Categories: Multimedia, Media, Jobs, Internet, Government, Games/Entertainment, Education, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Govt to set NGN broadband targets and deadlines News
18.06.2011 The Next Generational Broadband Taskforce has six months to “put flesh on the bones” of plans to move Ireland from basic broadband to ensure faster broadband everywhere,...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Government, Economy, Digital Business, Digital 21, Development, Communications -
EU report looks into Irish IT security readiness News
10.06.2011 Irish businesses are more likely to have a formally defined ICT security policy compared with their European peers but use of antivirus and security software among consumers is... -
TV viewers plan to go free-to-air after analogue switch-off News
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... -
Kenny’s cabinet: Bruton for enterprise, Rabbitte for comms News
09.03.2011 Ireland’s new Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD named his new cabinet after returning from Aras An Aras an Uachtarain. But will it be a cabinet that will deliver the digital economy and...Categories: Science, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Government, Energy, Education, Economy, Communications -
‘Don’t push through illegal downloads law’ – Eamon Ryan News
24.02.2011 Former minister for communications Eamon Ryan called on Minister Mary Hanafin not to sign a new law which could see judges getting the power to grant injunctions against ISPs. -
Attorney General’s advice sought on 'illegal downloads' powers for judges News
24.02.2011 The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation has confirmed that the gap in Irish copyright laws governing illegal downloads and the role of internet service providers...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Legal, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Communications -
Irish Govt pushing through ‘illegal downloads’ changes to copyright law News
23.02.2011 In its final days, the Government is believed to be rushing through a statutory instrument that will amend the existing Copyright Act and which will give judges the power to... -
Why we need to sustain momentum on ICT investment in our schools News
03.02.2011 Ireland stands as one of the countries with the most to gain from ICT investment and the creation of a digital curriculum. Such investments would stand in the country’s favour... -
Deals done this past week News
07.02.2011 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector. -
SEAI attracts public bodies with green partnership News
11.11.2010 Fourteen public bodies have signed a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) partnership to deliver energy savings of 33pc by 2020. -
FAI strikes €30m floodlights for broadband deal for 500 clubs News
28.09.2010 A US telecoms infrastructure company has struck a novel deal with the Football Association of Ireland that will see it provide funding for floodlights to local clubs in return...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Government, Communications -
Irish tech firm Intune Networks to create 80 new jobs News
22.04.2010 Eighty jobs are set to be created by Irish company Intune Networks as it develops a new high-tech communications network. -
Premium-rate message firms could be hit with €250k fine News
08.10.2009 Unlicensed premium-rate SMS-message firms that target vulnerable members of society, including children and the elderly, with "scam" messages will be hit with fines up to...Categories: Comms -
Digital 21 - Entrepreneurship: Cultivating the art of the start News
27.08.2009 The time has come for Ireland’s indigenous companies to stand up and lead the nation to economic recovery.Categories: Business