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Eir accuses Comreg of seizing ‘extraordinary’ amount of data during unannounced inspection

The data was seized as part of an investigation commenced by Comreg into Eir’s scheme for offering discounted prices for certain regulated products

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REZz hotel building in Dublin’s Grafton Quarter on sale for €10 million

Eir is selling its historic building on 4 Dame Lane, with the hospitality tenant unaffected

Second quarter profits rise to €145m at Eir as mobile and TV customer numbers increase

The Irish telco, which is owned by the French private company Iliad, said its second quarter performance was in line with expectations

Revenues edge up at Eir as earnings decline

Telco reports €7m in charges resulting from company restructuring

Eircom fined €2.5m and ordered to refund 76,000 overcharged customers

ComReg has said the company may have to refund customers up to €6.7m

Eir says customer complaints have dropped 40% to ‘the lowest on record’

The company has reported sales of €1.2 billion for 2022, flat year-on-year

ComReg slaps down Eir on discount broadband plan

Communications regulator warns of ‘clear anti-competitive effects’ should Eir’s proposal proceed

Fifty staff cut at Eir’s business arm one year after acquisition

Telecommunications firm said it offered voluntary redundancy to workers in December

Ian Guider: Shareholders’ gains appear to fuel French love of telcos

Eir has proven to be a continued cash cow for its multitude of owners over the years, including current owner Xavier Niel, even if Moody’s isn’t impressed

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Warning over decline in mobile service quality as Covid measures are withdrawn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