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RSS eircom in newsO2 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 systems for the Garda... [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 requests for comment on the new Irish emergency... [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 the WEEE Directive was only effective [in... [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, announced last month that it was... [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 telco to be bought. [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 1.1bn Swiss Francs (£481m) for the same period. [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 maintain a 7 per cent dividend. [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 distributed throughout Europe. [20 Jun 2003]
Broadband blow as providers go slow
News However, since the decision was made, one licence - covering Northern Ireland - has already been handed back by its former owner Eircom. The chances of the 28GHz spectrum being used for commercial broadband fixed wireless services in the near... [05 Sep 2002]
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 coming from the Government coffers. [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 month. [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 Tony O'Reilly. [05 Nov 2001]
Winning Eircom consortium ready to play for big money
News The sale of Irish telco Eircom to the Valentia consortium, backed by entrepreneur Sir Tony O'Reilly, will be made possible by a E2.4bn (£1.5bn) leveraged buy out (LBO) facility. Valentia needs to raise the funds - predominantly from large banks... [03 Oct 2001]
Irish telco battle finally over
News The battle for control of Eircom, Ireland's incumbent telco, looks to be over, with Sir Tony O'Reilly on the verge of victory in the lengthy saga. Eircom offered E1.365 (£0.86) per share, slightly above the rival bid of E1.36 (£0.85) per share from... [24 Sep 2001]
Eircom bidding war hots up
News The battle for Irish incumbent Eircom has just heated up with the Valentia consortium raising its bid to E1.365 (£0.84) per share - a buyout offer worth E3bn (£1.8bn) - which has been accepted by Eircom. [03 Aug 2001]
