Cable and Wireless has just placed its Dublin subsidiary into liquidation. With no employees, the special-purpose vehicle had raised bonds worth $1.4 billion to fund communication networks across the Americas.
The founder of Tesla and SpaceX is working on ambitious plans to bring fast and cheap broadband to the world – and he has just got an Irish licence. As the country prepares to invest billions in building broadband infrastructure, could there be another way?
As CEO of Verizon Consumer Group, Ronan Dunne runs the largest division of the world’s biggest telecoms giant. The Dublin accountant and former O2 boss talks about wealth inequality, social capital, and the lessons that shaped his stellar career.
As part of its efforts to trim core costs, Eir had outsourced elements of its IT to Indian giant Tech Mahindra. Now, the telco has begun a High Court case in Dublin against the Indian multinational over the contract.
A lobbyist for Huawei, former Minister Dick Roche has written a column in defence of the telecommunications manufacturer. But not before we asked him the hard questions about the controversial Chinese company.
The government has made its decision, appointing the company led by David McCourt to deliver high-speed connectivity to every home, farm and business in Ireland. The next challenge is to account for the €3 billion taxpayers will pour into the plan.
Tony Boyle continues to fight the awarding of the state’s second mobile phone licence to Denis O’Brien’s Esat. It has been an exhausting and costly battle, but, steeled by the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal, he is not giving up.
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