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Will the numbers add up for 4G? News
07.05.2013 Late last year, Ireland’s four main mobile operators forked out €850m (€481.7m up front) for wireless spectrum licences to roll out fourth-generation (4G) mobile networks across... -
Weekend news round-up: The end of the web as we know it, will 4G be expensive? News
04.02.2013 In our trawl through the most interesting tech stories from the weekend, we discover a computer scientist who heralds the web as we know it today will be history; e-commerce...Tags: Apple, Apps, Twitter, Facebook, Data Privacy, EU, US, 4G, 3, LTE, Smartphones, Pinterest, Tablet Computers -
EE expands 4G broadband to nine more UK cities News
31.01.2013 Everything Everywhere - a collaboration between Orange and T-Mobile - has expanded its fourth-generation LTE network to nine more cities in the UK. -
26pc of smartphone users to give their parents their old devices News
05.01.2013 More than a quarter (26pc) of people in Britain are going to hand over older technology and smartphones to their parents as a result of having received new devices for... -
Record labels’ Pirate Bay case against ISPs fast-tracked to the Commercial Court News
18.12.2012 The High Court has fast-tracked the case being taken by big four record labels against Vodafone, UPC, Digiweb, Imagine and Hutchison 3G seeking the blockage of torrent site The...Tags: Imagine , Illegal Downloads, 3, UPC, Digiweb, Vodafone, ISPs, Copyright Infringement, The Pirate Bay -
Record labels sue Digiweb, UPC, Imagine, Vodafone and 3 to block The Pirate Bay News
07.12.2012 Irish-based ISPs UPC, Digiweb, Imagine, Vodafone and 3 have been hit with a new legal action by big four record labels EMI, Sony, Warner and Universal it emerged this afternoon.Categories: Web, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Communications -
4G will rock – but the trick will be managing consumers’ expectations News
30.11.2012 Vodafone Ireland became the first mobile operator in the country yesterday to showcase what 4G will look like and demos of the LTE-based technology in Dublin showed speeds of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
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 –... -
ComReg reveals 4G auction results - €450m instant windfall for Irish Govt News
15.11.2012 ComReg has revealed the results of its 4G spectrum auction for Ireland, awarding lots to Hutchison 3G, Meteor, Telefónica (O2) and Vodafone, with fees adding up to €854.6m, out... -
Six largest telcos in Ireland agree to fund Samaritans’ 116 free-phone helpline number News
06.09.2012 The six largest telecoms companies in Ireland – BT, Eircom, O2, Three, UPC and Vodafone – have agreed to fund a new 116 free-phone helpline number for the Samaritans. The new...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Networking, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Three to create 33 jobs in Ireland News
04.09.2012 Mobile and broadband services provider Three is to create 33 new jobs as the latest independently-owned 3Store opens, bringing to six the number of stores opened to date this year. -
Vodafone and Three confirm deal to share network infrastructure News
13.07.2012 Vodafone and Three have entered a deal that will see them form a new 50/50 joint venture whereby they will pool their physical network and site infrastructure at more than 2,000... -
Vodafone and 3 on cusp of signing 4G network sharing deal News
05.07.2012 Mobile operators Vodafone and 3 are in the final stages of negotiations and are due to sign a deal where both companies will roll out advanced next-generation Long Term... -
Three Android smartphone users to get free Wi-Fi at Bitbuzz hotspots News
23.04.2012 Android smartphone users across Three’s mobile network in Ireland will now get the same free Wi-Fi privileges their Apple iPhone counterparts have enjoyed for the last two years... -
Jedward to star in new Three campaign News
04.08.2011 Jedward is fronting Three’s new 'S'Up campaign, which focuses on the launch of its first to market ‘all you can eat’ data on prepay.Categories: Communications, Digital Marketing, Internet, Marketing, Media, Social Media, Telecommunications -
O2 tops UK broadband study News
26.05.2011 Mobile broadband provided by O2 loads web pages faster than any other network in the UK, research into the performance of mobile broadband across the UK by Ofcom suggests. -
First LTE trials kick off in the UK News
25.05.2011 Fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology Long Term Evolution (LTE) will debut first in rural areas of the UK as part of trials being conducted by BT, Orange and T-Mobile. -
Rural Broadband Scheme to connect the last 1pc News
09.05.2011 Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte TD has unveiled the much-anticipated Rural Broadband Scheme that aims to identify the remaining individual parts of Ireland without... -
Deals done this past week News
09.05.2011 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector.