Virgin Media signs wholesale deal with Vodafone Ireland
The Irish wings of operator Vodafone and fixed line provider Virgin Media have signed a wholesale agreement that will see the former being able to flog the latter’s fibre.
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Eir sells half its fibre network
Irish telco Eir has completed a deal to sell a shade under half of its fibre broadband network to investor InfraVia, a move that will help it to fund its rollout plans.
Virgin Media, CommScope and WBA demo proper public wifi in Dublin
OpenRoaming, a standard managed by the Wireless Broadband Alliance, promises to take the hassle out of using public wifi hotspots.
Bundled broadband service create stickiness in Ireland, but…
Consumers subscribing to a bundle of telecoms services are significantly less likely to churn than those with a standalone broadband service, according to a new study from Ireland’s Comreg,
Vodafone’s OpenRAN plan in Ireland: small but significant
Vodafone is rolling out Open RAN technology to a handful of mobile sites in Ireland in what is a small, but significant, step in the shift to vendor diversity in the telecoms space.
Facebook’s Clegg called upon to backtrack once more
Drawing on his considerable experience in such matters, Facebook’s Vice President for Global Affairs and Communications has fine-tuned his company’s position on data transfers.
Facebook threatens to flounce out of Europe over Irish data transfer decision
A European court recently ruled that data transfers to the US flout GDPR rules, but Facebook doesn’t see how it can continue without them.
Irish National Broadband Plan gets a speed boost
National Broadband Ireland has revealed that the minimum speed it will offer when it launches later this year will be 500 Mbps, more than three times higher than originally slated.
European Commission gets slapped down over Apple Ireland tax ruling
Four years ago the EC ruled Ireland broke the rules by letting Apple get away with paying hardly any tax. Now a European court has overturned that decision.
Nokia lands a few much-needed wins
Nokia’s rollercoaster ride continues with an up day, following the launch of its latest 5G Cloud RAN and a couple of handy deal wins.
Phoenix expands tower empire to Ireland
Phoenix Tower International has announced an agreement to purchase 650 wireless towers from Irish telco eir, expanding its infrastructure footprint to a new European nation.
Privacy champion Schrems blasts Irish authorities over secret Facebook deal
Max Schrems, one of the central figures in bringing down the EU-US Privacy Shield, has penned an open-letter slams the Irish Data Protection Commission for not dealing with Facebook appropriately.
Ireland unlocks additional spectrum to combat COVID-19
Irish authorities have signed new regulations allowing the release of additional radio spectrum to create extra capacity for mobile phone and broadband services.
Three UK CEO to exit business at end of March
Three UK has announced CEO Dave Dyson will leave the business at the end of the month, with Three Ireland CEO Robert Finnegan to take over a newly combined telco.
Apple and Ireland begin appealing €14.3bn tax bill
Lawyers representing Apple and the Irish Government has begun their arguments in the EU’s lower General Court in an attempt to protect the suspect corporate tax environment.
Irish data watchdog defends its GDPR actions
The Irish data protection regulator has unveiled a progress report on GDPR on the first anniversary of the rules, perhaps defending itself from a perception of inaction.
Europe’s lead data watchdog opens Google GDPR investigation
Ireland’s data protection watchdog has kicked off a GDPR investigation into Google following a complaint from ad-free web browser Brave.
Privacy International lines up US firms for GDPR breaches
UK data protection and privacy advocacy group Privacy International has submitted complaints to European watchdogs suggesting GDPR violations at several US firms including Oracle, Equifax and Experian.
Europe lets Ireland off the hook after €13bn Apple tax collection
After the Irish government announced it has recovered Apple’s €13 billion tax debt, the European Commission has confirmed it will also drop its lawsuit against the country.
Iliad takes a bite of Irish telco Eir
French operator Iliad has teamed up with its founders private investment vehicle, NJJ, to buy a majority stake in Ireland’s largest telco, Eir.
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