Tagged: Fibre & 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... -
20-20 vision – Ireland is still only at the start of its fibre journey News
17.05.2013 Ireland’s fibre journey is not a fait accompli and if anything time is of the essence if the Government is to reach its goal of having a minimum of 30Mbps for every home by... -
Eircom goes live with up to 70Mbps fibre network News
16.05.2013 Eircom has gone live with the first phase of its €1.5bn fibre network which will deliver speeds up to 70Mbps to some 300,000 homes initially. By the time the network rollout is... -
Digiweb merger with Viatel creates pan-European fibre player News
15.05.2013 Digiweb has merged with Viatel, a London-based telecoms operator, creating a telecoms operator that will connect 34 Western European cities over an 8,500km fibre network. -
UPC Ireland surpasses more than 1m subscribers during Q1 News
07.05.2013 UPC Ireland grew its total number of subscribers to a record 1,012,600 during the first three months of this year, including 23,800 subscriptions for its fibre-powered... -
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... -
UPC’s Dana Strong: enormous risk Irish firms face by ignoring digital economy (video) News
16.04.2013 Already 50pc of online purchases by Irish consumers are with overseas websites and Irish firms that fail to tackle the digital economy face tough challenges down the line, the... -
New EU rules to cut red tape from broadband rollouts – move could save €60bn News
26.03.2013 European Commission vice-president responsible for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes today revealed proposed new rules that will cut the cost of rolling out high-speed internet...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Infrastructure Management, Government, Engineering, Digital Media, CIO -
BT fibre roll out in the UK to create 1,000 new jobs News
07.03.2013 BT is to create 1,000 new fibre engineering jobs in the UK as part of its stg£2.5bn investment in fibre broadband. The 1,000 jobs are being created at the telco’s Openreach... -
AirSpeed turnover grows 40pc to exceed €10m News
04.03.2013 Wireless broadband and cloud services provider AirSpeed has reported a turnover in excess of €10m for 2012, up 40pc on the €7.2m reported the previous year. -
Sea Fibre Networks expands link from Dublin to Frankfurt News
18.02.2013 Carrier-neutral fibre player Sea Fibre Networks has expanded its reach to Frankfurt, Germany, one of Europe’s major financial hubs. -
Eircom commissions its 1,000th fibre cabinet News
27.02.2013 Telecoms company Eircom has commissioned its 1,000th fibre cabinet, following its announcement last week that it plans to increase its fibre footprint across Ireland from 1m to... -
The technology business week: Economic impact of the ‘Internet of Everything’, Eircom expands fibre rollout News
25.02.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
Eircom expands fibre rollout plan to 1.2m homes, Q2 revenues fall 6pc News
21.02.2013 Despite falling revenues, Eircom this morning revealed it has expanded its fibre rollout plan from 1m homes to 1.2m homes – or 60pc of homes and businesses in Ireland. -
Failure to invest in fibre broadband could make Europe an economic backwater News
15.02.2013 European nations and their respective incumbents’ inability to embark on ambitious fibre infrastructure plans that will prepare their countries for the 21st century and beyond... -
Intune’s latest breakthrough – software defined networks across hundreds of miles News
17.01.2013 Dublin technology company Intune Networks this morning claimed it has designed the world’s first distributed switch which is capable of extending Software Defined Networks... -
Tech predictions for 2013: Big Data, robots, 3D printing and 4G News
01.01.2013 John Kennedy casts a cautious eye on 2013, the year that 4G finally begins to roll out in Ireland in tandem with superfast fibre services. It will also be the year that Google...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Business, ComputersTags: Android, iPad, Apple, 4G, Broadband, Fibre, Google Glass, Smartphones, Tablet Computers, iPhone, Microsoft, Windows Phone, -
Eircom says 300k more homes and firms to get fibre, Q1 revenues fall 7pc to €363m News
07.12.2012 Eircom has revealed the locations of the next 300,000 homes and businesses in Ireland that will receive fibre broadband and claims the network, which will reach 1m premises by... -
ESB in Emerald Bridge JV to connect its fibre network to major UK cities News
04.12.2012 ESB Telecoms has forged a deal with Geo Networks in the UK that will see the ESB’s 1,300km fibre network in Ireland connect with all the major cities across the UK via the... -
Eircom to cut 2,000 workers as part of accelerated cost-savings plan News
31.10.2012 Eircom is to reduce its 5,700-strong workforce by 2,000 employees as part of an accelerated cost-savings plan. The workforce reduction will take place over the next 18 months.