All Ireland articles – Page 3
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PremiumExtreme weather to test network resilience in 2023
Forecast: more severe storms and heat with a chance of network outages.
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PremiumBritish investor picks up Ireland’s Towercom
KKR-owned John Laing acquires bundle of assets from Irish Infrastructure Fund.
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PremiumVodafone Ireland shells out €146m for multi-band spectrum
Vodafone, Eir, and Three each table bids worth more than €140m for spectrum to support roll out of 5G across Ireland.
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone Ireland goes into semi-austerity mode
Operator said to be cutting back on new hires, events, and staff travel.
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PremiumVodafone Greece firms up CYTA wireline add-on
VfGr adds another item to Group’s pragmatic, ‘build, buy, and partner’ wireline portfolio.
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PeopleNelson appointed Vodafone Ireland CEO
Amanda Nelson leaves role as Vodafone Hungary Chief Executive after nine years.
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Public AffairsVodafone Ireland coughs up €2.1m customer refunds
Regulator enquiry leads to refunds for 74,271 customers.
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Partnerships & AlliancesSIRO pens Virgin Media network deal
Virgin Media claims it will reach an additional 450,000 premises in Ireland. Extends network reach to “70% of all premises” in the country.
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PeopleVodafone Ireland CEO O’Leary goes Meta
Anne O’Leary set to exit in September for SME role at Facebook parent.
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OperationsVodafone pushes sustainability with IoT farming pilot
MyFarmWeb platform being trialled in Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Spain. Move extends Group’s growing focus on agriculture vertical.
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M&ATelefónica Tech UK&I hints at more acquisitions
Telefónica Tech to continue UK shopping spree this year. After snapping up Cancom UK&I, division wants to expand cloud and cybersecurity presence in the region.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Europe: VodafoneZiggo issues €2.1bn in sustainability bonds
Vodafone to lose leadership position in Albanian mobile market; VodafoneZiggo issues sustainability bonds valued at €2.1bn; Vodafone UK scam texts fall by more than two-thirds following installation of SMS firewall.
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Enterprise (B2B)Dublin up: BT Ireland relocates B2B support
Move of service desk ops furthers expansion of BT’s workforce in Dublin. Transfer forms latest step in long-running customer experience transformation programme. Deep-Insight advising BT Ireland on customer-centric strategies.
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Network & InfrastructureSIRO moves to phase two, helped by EU funding
Vodafone Ireland’s wholesale broadband JV gets €620m funding boost. Phase two envisages additional 320,000 homes and businesses passed with fibre, but no timeframes given for completion. Phase 1, at 400,000 premises passed, steadily nears 450,000 target.
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M&ATelefónica moulds new UK unit for central cloud push
Cancom business, bought in August, becomes “Telefónica Tech UK & Ireland”. New name reflects ambitions to widen out Group’s in-country offering.
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Innovation (R&D)BT ties with Sweden’s Skydome on emergency response
VR leveraged by embryonic Skydome for incident monitoring purposes. Startup’s R&D partners include Intel. Potential for deployment at BT’s network of smart ports.
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PeopleBT Sourced adds transformation lead
Former Allianz buying head appointed Director, Procurement Transformation.
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OperationsPourrat cuts the ribbon at BT Sourced HQ
BT procurement unit’s Dublin offices formally opened. Chief Procurement Officer Cyril Pourrat, mastermind behind the ProcureCo, leads the launch.
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PremiumVodafone’s energy analytics platform rollout progresses
60,000-plus sites across operations in twelve markets now benefiting from eSight-enabled energy management tech. Operator’s emissions clean-up intensifies.