Telecoms news from Ireland

O2 Ireland Upgrading 3G Network Ahead of LTE Launch

In advance of its 4G network rollout commencing later this year, O2 Ireland has announced that it is upgrading and enhancing its 3G network in 250 locations across 14 counties in May. ...more.

Vodafone Ireland Starts Deploying 4G Services

Vodafone Ireland has outlined its LTE deployment plans, and announced that the town of Kilkenny will be covered first, with the launch expected this autumn. ...more.

Samsung Wins Irish LTE Deployment Contract

Ireland's Hutchison 3G (Three) has awarded a contract to Samsung Electronics to be its sole provider of LTE Radio Access Network (RAN) and LTE core infrastructure equipment. ...more.

Samsung Scraps Role of UK/Ireland Marketing Director

Samsung's corporate marketing director for the UK and Ireland has been made redundant the company confirmed to trade press. ...more.

Vodafone Names New CEO for Irish Subsidiary

Vodafone Ireland has announced that Anne O'Leary, Director, Enterprise Business Unit Ireland, is to take up the post of CEO with immediate effect. ...more.

Irish Farmers Protest at Plans for Different Prices for Rural Phone Services

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has called on the telecoms regulator to reject proposals that it says would see the country split into an urban/rural divide for phone call costs. ...more.

Vodafone Seeks to Overturn Irish MTR Cuts

Vodafone Ireland is seeking a legal ruling to overturn a regulatory decision lowering the mobile termination rate on their mobile network. ...more.

Huawei Expanding R&D Facilities in Ireland

Huawei is opening a new R&D centre spread across two sites in Ireland and will be doubling its local workforce with the addition of a further 50 jobs. ...more.

Vodafone Portugal to Take Over Monitoring of UK and Irish Networks

Vodafone Portugal has announced that in addition to the network of Spain, it will also monitor the communications networks of the company's operations UK and Ireland. ...more.

Ireland Raises US$1 Billion from Radio Spectrum Auction

The Irish telecoms regulator has completed its auction of radio spectrum and raised EUR481.7 million from the mobile networks, with commitments to pay up to EUR372.95 million by 2030 when the licenses expire. ...more.

Eircom Cutting 2,000 Jobs in Ireland

Irish telco, Eircom has announced that it is slashing 2,000 of its 5,700 staff over the next 18 months. ...more.

Motorola Fails to Block Irish WiMAX Contract Dispute Lawsuit

Motorola has failed in a bid to secure a court order dismissing a lawsuit it is fighting in Ireland over a WiMAX network deployment contract dispute. ...more.

Skype Offering Free Wi-Fi in the UK and Ireland

Wi-Fi hotspot provider, Wicoms has signed a deal that will allow Skype users to have free access to hotspots it manages across the UK and Republic of Ireland. ...more.

Vodafone Buys Irish Landline Operator

Vodafone Ireland announced the acquisition of Complete Telecom, an Irish business based in Dublin that provides enterprise managed data network and fixed telecoms services. ...more.

Cisco Buys Wi-Fi Location Analysis Software Developer

Cisco Systems has announced the acquisition of ThinkSmart Technologies, headquartered in Cork, Ireland. ...more.

Vodafone Settles Irish Complaints About Unsolicited Phone Calls

Vodafone Ireland has agreed to pay EUR40,000 to a number of Irish charities to settle an investigation into outstanding unsolicited marketing communications cases. ...more.

SumUp Opens Irish Office for Mobile Credit Card Processing

SumUp, a German company offering credit card processing with a smartphone -- very similar to the USA based Square service -- is setting up an office in Dublin, Ireland. ...more.

Ireland to Provide Free Wi-Fi on All Public Transport Services

Irish public transport should be fitted with free WI-Fi access by the end of next year, the country's Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Leo Varadkar has announced ...more.

Research In Motion Shuffles European Management

Research In Motion has appointed Rob Orr as the new Managing Director of its UK & Ireland business with effect from next month. ...more.

Irish High Court to Hear Corruption Allegations Over a 1995 GSM License Award

Ireland's Supreme Court has given leave for two companies to sue after they were denied a GSM license -- back in 1995. ...more.