Tagged: Infrastructure & News
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Now that Eircom’s VDSL network is live, alternative operators get ready to pounce News
17.05.2013 So Eircom’s had its big day and has gone live with the first phase of its fibre network which will serve about 300,000 homes. From Monday, other licensed operators will launch... -
Colt connects Cork to mainland Europe via 43,000 km fibre network News
25.04.2013 The city of Cork’s digital aspirations have been given a welcome boost with the news that global data network operator Colt has connected the city to mainland Europe via its... -
Ireland languishes near bottom of Netflix broadband league table News
09.04.2013 At this stage we shouldn’t really be surprised, but here it is: Ireland is in second last place out of seven countries served by movie-streaming service Netflix in terms of the... -
216 additional Irish schools to receive 100Mbps broadband in 2013 News
05.03.2013 An additional 216 secondary schools on top of the first 280 schools in the trial and first phase of the project are to receive 100Mbps broadband, Ireland's Communications... -
Engineering students look to Ireland’s data centre opportunity News
26.02.2013 Engineers Ireland, as part of its Engineers Week events, has tasked third-level students to come up with ideas on how Ireland can harness its natural advantages and to look to...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Infrastructure Management, Graduate, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Data Centre -
Outdated technology holding back 88pc of European education sector - index News
26.02.2013 Educational institutions across Europe are struggling to keep up with advances in technology that would simplify and improve the delivery of education services, the recent Ricoh... -
Telecoms industry bewildered as ComReg decides to split market News
12.02.2013 Ireland’s telecoms watchdog ComReg is to press ahead with a controversial wholesale decision that will divide the telecoms market into areas where a variety of price margin... -
VMware to acquire software company Virsto Software News
12.02.2013 Cloud and virtualisation provider VMware is hoping to boost its development of storage technologies with the acquisition of Virsto Software, a provider of software that... -
Kroes’ disappointment as 2020 broadband plan for rural areas potentially in tatters News
11.02.2013 The European Union’s decision to chop €7bn off the €9.2bn earmarked to meet the Digital Agenda goals of 100Mbps for half of Europe could impact on countries' ability to deliver...Categories: Telecommunications, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Digital Business, Communications -
Mobile device connectivity speeds to quadruple by 2015 News
07.02.2013 The connectivity speed of mobile devices will quadruple by 2015 from 2011 levels, according to the new PricewaterhouseCoopers Mobile Innovations Forecast.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Eircom invests stg£2m in expansion into UK telecoms market News
01.02.2013 Eircom said this morning it has completed a stg£2m investment to expand its network into the UK. The telco is now targeting UK firms with services that include managed services... -
Digiweb launches 20Mbps satellite broadband service News
31.01.2013 Digiweb has launched a new range of satellite broadband packages with download speeds of 20Mbps and upload speeds of 6Mbps. -
#GreenGrowth - ICT industry’s bold goal to boost energy efficiency by factor of 1,000 (videos) News
25.01.2013 The ICT industry – whose share of the world’s carbon footprint at 2pc matches the airline industry and is in danger of exceeding this – has set itself a bold target of improving...Categories: Telecommunications, Sustainability, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Energy, Communications -
PFH deploys 4,000 data ports at new Aviva Stadium News
07.07.2010 Cork IT player PFH has signed a major deal with Kentz to provide a fully resilient local area network (LAN) infrastructure at the new Aviva Stadium comprising 4,000 data ports... -
ICT will play central role in development of digital citizens of the future – Minister News
23.11.2012 Speaking at the opening of the National Youth Council of Ireland’s Screenagers conference today in the Science Gallery, Dublin, Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte, TD,... -
Dear Ireland: put the €854.6m 4G windfall into broadband infrastructure News
16.11.2012 Christmas came early for the Irish Government yesterday with the news that four telecoms companies committed to paying €854.6m – including €450m which will be paid this year –... -
IDA Ireland’s Pat Howlin: building a cloud ecosystem (video) News
09.11.2012 IDA Ireland’s senior vice-president in charge of ICT Pat Howlin says Ireland is building a considerable ecosystem around the cloud in order to be in an unassailable position to...Tags: Cloud Computing, Big Data, Infrastructure, Data centres, Energy, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, EMC, HP, Intel, Apple, IDA Ireland -
As Finland plans universal 100Mbps by 2015, is Ireland’s broadband plan just another M50? News
01.11.2012 Finland is three years into an ambitious programme to provide a 100Mbps universal broadband service by 2015. Finland also famously declared broadband access a basic human right.... -
Digital Ireland Forum adds to line-up - early bird bookings close at midnight News
07.09.2012 Accenture technology and media expert Daniel Adams has been added to a stellar line-up at our Digital Ireland Forum on 21 September that includes writer and broadcaster Ben... -
Metropolitan area network goes live in Kilrush, Co Clare News
12.09.2012 The town of Kilrush, Co Clare, now has advanced broadband and telecommunications infrastructure, thanks to a €1.93m metropolitan area network (MAN) that has gone live.