Posts Tagged ‘eircom’
Government should change law on illegal downloads, say »
The Irish Government should consider legislation that forces the disconnection of persistent illegal music downloaders, the chief executive of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has said. Frances Moore praised Eircom for the “tremendous leadership” it had shown in the area and encouraged others to follow. ...Read On »
Eircom launch new phone service ‘eMobile’ »
Telecoms provider Eircom has taken the wraps off its new mobile brand, eMobile. The company will offer pre-pay, bill pay and mobile broadband services through the brand with the whole thing run on the same network as its other mobile company, Meteor. At the launch Eircom executives were insistent that eMobile would not cannibalise the ...Read On »
Eircom to launch mobile service this week »
Eircom will launch a new mobile phone service on Wednesday, technically putting the company in competition with itself. The new service will more than likely be called 'Eircom Mobile', a brand previously reserved for business users, and as a consumer offering will compete in the same space as company subsidiary Meteor. A press release from ...Read On »
Vodafone talking to IRMA about three-strikes »
Vodafone Ireland - the country's second-biggest ISP - is in talks with IRMA about adopting the three-strikes policy to tackle music piracy online, according to The Irish Times. Eircom recently introduced a 'graduated response' to suspected file-sharers following an out-of-court agreement with IRMA (the Irish Recorded Music Association for ...Read On »
Eircom unveil faster broadband packages »
Eircom have announced details of their new broadband service, which will see uncontended speeds of up to 8mb/s being offered to customers across the country. All Eircom customers will be put onto the faster package once their area is upgraded with the price they pay dependant on the monthly download cap they want. According to Eircom there ...Read On »
Feature: Broadband bone of contention »
With broadband speeds increasing, Ireland appears to be catching up with other countries’ super-fast networks. However, the small print leaves many customers with far less than they pay for. While most of the attention on broadband statistics is given to the headline speeds, the issue of line contention is now proving to be equally ...Read On »
Feature: Ten trends for 2010 »
February is already upon us but as fast as the months seem to go, the tech world moves ten times faster. As January has already suggested, 2010 is shaping up to be an interesting techy year. Here Adam Maguire lists the ten tech trends that are likely to catch people's attention in the months ahead Computing in tablet-form Apple's big ...Read On »
Broadband providers up top speeds »
Eircom and Vodafone have both launched their own 24mbps home broadband packages today. The high-speed services will be available to new and existing customers of both companies and according to Eircom should be available to about 1/3 of households. Vodafone's 24meg service includes a 100GB monthly download limit and will cost €62 per ...Read On »
Blurring the line between platforms »
Recent manoeuvres in the telecoms industry in Ireland has marked the expanding choice of so-called 'triple-play' services however with such stiff competition the race is on to push things to the next level into the arena of 'quad-play'. Triple-play services can technically mean any combination of three services and is generally used in the ...Read On »
