The Irish communications regulator, Comreg, has decided to tackle “non-geographic” phone numbers (NGN) ie. numbers that aren’t linked to a specific location. At present businesses can setup numbers using 1800, 1850, 1890, 076 and 0818. The cost to ring those numbers vary, but as many phone companies have started bundling standard national calls into their […]
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White TD, has appointed Mr. Jeremy Godfrey as Chairperson of the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). Mr Godfrey has been one of the 3-member commission since 2013 and replaces Mr Kevin O’Brien as chairperson. Mr O’Brien will continue as one of the 3 Commissioners and as Vice-Chairperson of BEREC […]
The volume of data on mobile networks in Ireland has increased by over 75% in the past year, while texting (SMS) has decreased by almost 20% in the same period according to the latest Quarterly Report by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). The Quarterly Report on the Electronic Communications market for the period (1 July to 30 […]
The Irish communications regulator, ComReg, has issued a warning to Irish businesses about PBX hacking. Apparently Irish businesses are being targetted by hackers who are then able to abuse business phone systems to make phone calls and run up massive bills. Comreg report that they’ve had over 16 cases reported to them in the last […]
