Skibbereen Selected for Fibre Broadband Pilot
SIRO, the ESB-Vodafone joint venture which is bringing Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) to 50 regional towns nationwide, has today announced a pilot programme for a potential second phase of its network rollout. © Copyright Jonathan Billinger and licensed
Ellvena Graham Appointed First Female Chair of ESB
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Mr. Alex White, TD, has written to Ms Ellvena Graham to confirm her selection as ESB Chairperson. Minister White has asked Ms Graham to make herself available to
Love and Robots wins ESB Spark of Genius Award at Web Summit
Yesterday at the Web Summit, the winners of the ESB Spark of Genius Award were revealed. A shortlist of 30 finalists was announced on September 3rd. All finalists then pitched for a panel of judges, with entrants
Postscript Podcast [Audio]
Here's a short 'postscript podcast' (9:08; 5MB; MP3) recorded by Michele and I after we said goodbye to Ray King, our guest from this morning's episode. We chat about the ESB/Vodafone FTTH announcement, and Ireland's showing in the latest
Ireland in Top Ten for Internet Broadband, but 35% are in the Slow Lane
Announcing their new fibre-to-the-home joint venture yesterday, ESB and Vodafone made reference to the quarterly reports on the State of the Internet, published by content delivery network, Akamai, and expressed confidence that their venture would propel Ireland "into the ranks of
ESB & Vodafone €450m Joint Venture will bring Fast Fibre to Regional Towns
ESB and Vodafone today signed a joint venture agreement to invest €450 million in building a 100% fibre-to-the-building (or fibre-to-the-home, FTTH) broadband network offering speeds from 200 Mbps to 1000 Mbps which it claims will propel Ireland
