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Irish telcos gear up to spread 5G and fibre nationwide

Consumers can look forward to an improved experience across fixed and mobile networks as telcos invest heavily to upgrade infrastructure, writes Luke Kehoe

Eir owners enjoy another big payday with fresh €300m dividend

More than €1 billion in distributions have been made in the past four years, with further payouts expected

Warning over decline in mobile service quality as Covid measures are withdrawn

Analyst tells consumers and businesses to be braced for ‘the biggest regression in mobile network performance in modern times’, as ComReg prepares to cease access to emergency radio spectrum allocated in 2020

Stepping back out of the office

As we lurch from the Covid pandemic to a cost of living crisis the very nature of work remains in a state of flux. With employees and management often pulling in different directions, is it too much to ask tech to bridge the gap?

Broadband turf war unfolds with taxpayer on the hook

While NBI has the contract for the multibillion-euro National Broadband Plan, Eir’s network is already available in more than 40,000 premises in the state plan, which could end up costing the government dearly

Motorola Solutions wholly acquires Tetra Ireland for undisclosed sum

The acquisition news comes one month after the proposed sale of Eir’s majority stake in Tetra to Digital 9 fell through following minority shareholder opposition

Out of Office: Glynn defends Covid test capacity; Eir reports stable quarter

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Comreg alleges Eir exploited pandemic to overcharge customers

The communications regulator is seeking to impose a record fine of €11.5 million on the telecoms company

Eir hopes for more growth following €80m acquisition of Evros

The combined entity, rebranded as Eir Evo last week, is seeking to add an additional 40 jobs to the business

Ian Guider: Will Niel do it his way on plan for Eir?

Investors may well be attracted to buying a stake in the telco’s fibre network if it can reach its potential over the next few years

Eir to add 200,000 more homes and businesses to its fibre broadband network

The expansion will bring the number of premises on the newer fibre-to-the-home network to 1.9 million as demand rises thanks to the pandemic

The future of work: Flexibility is here to stay, but at a price

With vaccine roll-outs set to continue through the summer, many companies and their staff are wondering which aspects of pandemic life are here to stay and which are likely to fall by the wayside

How unified comms rose to the challenge of 2020

Keeping connected has been a key point to business survival during the pandemic and luckily, despite the incomplete infrastructure nationwide, Irish companies fared surprisingly well

The Manifold benefits of being CRH chief executive: €11.2m

Shareholders have been unhappy since 2016 about the generous remuneration of the company’s chief executive Albert Manifold. Last year, his package was €11.2 million – 166 times the average salary of a CRH worker

Blacknight adds broadband to its offerings

Covid-19 exposes cracks in contact centre services

People’s frustration with poor customer support from telcos reached boiling point during the pandemic, but it’s been bubbling up for years

Eir admits it let customers down and vows to improve

Contrition was the theme for the telco’s leaders on a call today as they promised to learn from their failings in customer care

GoMo’s strategy: do one thing, and do it brilliantly

The sim-only mobile phone operator has used a lively teaser campaign and a simple message to great effect, racking up 250,000 customers in 16 months