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Irish ISP to ban illegal music downloaders
News Irish internet provider Eircom has agreed to disconnect users who download music illegally from the web in a settlement with four major record companies that Irish media said was the first of its kind in the world. [02 Feb 2009]
Speechstorm Case Study: Eircom
White Paper eircom is Ireland's leading provider of a comprehensive range of advanced voice, data and Internet services.eircom handles in excess of 130,000 inbound calls to its service centres each... [24 Dec 2008]
Telecom Company Calls on Integrated Collaboration Solution to Optimize Productivity
White Paper Irish telecommunications company eircom has recently moved to its new corporate headquarters in Dublin. The prospect of a state-of-the-art, modern work environment encouraged management to think about helping information... [11 Oct 2008]
Chinwag Live: Media Widgetised - 16th May 2007
White Paper The fifth Chinwag Live event on 16th May 2007 looked at the impact of widgets, web feeds and "de-portalised" content on brands, media, marketing and advertising with panellists from BT, Eircom, Nooked, eBay and Widsets. [01 Aug 2007]
O2 pulls out of €100m police radio network bidding
News O2 had been tipped to pitch its Airwave service against four other consortia led by Arqiva, BT, Eircom and Rivada Networks for the lucrative National Digital Radio Service (NDRS) contract to replace ageing analogue radio... [04 Jul 2006]
O2 in race to build €100m Irish police radio network
News O2 is up against BT and Eircom in the battle to win a contract to build a €100m secure digital radio network for the Irish police, fire and ambulance services. BT, Eircom and O2 did not respond to... [03 Jul 2006]
Eircom trumpets PC recycling success
News Eircom has completed a hardware recycling effort while in the UK legislation mandating such actions, the WEEE Directive, is not yet law. Eircom IT director Gerry Quinn said in a statement: "Even though... [21 Dec 2005]
Swisscom's Irish buy in jeopardy
News The mooted takeover of Irish broadband operator Eircom by Swiss telco Swisscom looks to be in doubt after proposed intervention by the Swiss government. Swisscom, which is two-thirds owned by the Swiss government,... [28 Nov 2005]
Kingston Communications - for sale for £400m?
News The $6bn mega-merger of NTL and Telewest kicked off a feeding frenzy that has seen Sky snaffle Easynet, Pipex buy Freedom2Surf and Swisscom mull a takeover of Eircom. Kingston Communications looks set to be the next... [14 Nov 2005]
Swisscom confirms Eircom talks
News Swisscom has confirmed it is in talks to acquire Irish fixed-line operator Eircom. In the quarter ending 30 June, Eircom notched up an EBITDA of €149m (£100.3m), while Swisscom reported an EBITDA of... [10 Nov 2005]
Eircom comes back to market
News Eircom on Friday will have its second IPO on the Dublin stock exchange - at half the price of its first offering five years ago during the telco boom. Eircom is heavily indebted but is promising to... [17 Mar 2004]
Upstart N-Gage game developers sought in Ireland
News The company was founded by Barry O'Neill, who headed-up Eircom's ill-fated digital publishing business Rondomondo. Over 500 people have entered an Irish competition that will see the winner's idea for a mobile phone game... [20 Jun 2003]
Irish broadband gets an £11m boost
News Eircom will roll out new optical fibre network and install DSL systems in Irish towns regarded as key development areas. Eircom will fund 60 per cent of the project's costs with the remaining 40 per cent... [05 Feb 2002]
Eircom loses its board
News Eircom, the Irish equivalent of BT, lost its entire board today as it walked out in advance of the company's takeover, led by billionaire Tony O'Reilly. The $2.66bn coup was approved by the Irish government earlier this... [16 Nov 2001]
KPN gives up Eircom stake
News Dutch telco KPN is selling its stake in the Irish telco Eircom for $568m in an attempt to recover from huge debts. The stake in Eircom will fall into the hands of the Valentia Group, run by billionaire... [05 Nov 2001]
