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Senior Managers Depart Eircom

December 11, 2010

Two senior managers have left Eircom in the past week.

Eircom bills to rise following pricing changes

June 8, 2010

As billing technology improved, telecoms operators moved from charging customers per minute to charging per second, ensuring that they only pay for the call time they actually use. Now Eircom is reversing that policy for additional call time on its call packages, a move that has been widely criticised by consumer groups in Ireland.

Irish commercial property market shows signs of stabilising

January 26, 2010

Analysis of:Decline in property returns eases | www.irishtimes.com

Recent data on Irish commercial property returns suggests that the end of the downturn in this market might be in sight. However, any recovery will be gradual and returns are unlikely to move into positive territory until later this year.

Some partners are more equal than others

September 14, 2009

Analysis of:Franco-German groups in UK mobile deal | www.ft.com

The tie-in between Orange UK and T-Mobile UK will create a very large mobile operator, but its best chance of long term success rests on France Telecom taking the lead role.

Eircom to change hands - again

September 14, 2009

Analysis of:Terms agreed for Eircom sale | www.irishtimes.com

After months of speculation, the next owner of Ireland’s incumbent telecoms operator has been confirmed as STT Communications.While management at Eircom have welcomed the news that agreement has been reached between the board of Eircom Holdings and STT, it is far from clear whether this deal represents the stability and long term planning required to turn around a company whose latest accounts show operating losses of almost €500 million on revenues of less than €2 billion and falling.

This deal is a real coup for Novell in the server space

November 8, 2006

Analysis of:Microsoft makes Linux pact with Novell | news.com.com

This pact with Microsoft is great news for Novell, because the server environment has long been its primary competitive space. Most of the work will be on server virtualisation.

Investing public money in broadband is not always the answer

November 8, 2006

Analysis of:Governor creates task force to encourage broadband | www.mercurynews.com

Ireland has very low broadband penetration rates despite significant state investment in infrastructure. A scheme to encourage local groups to 'take ownership' of broadband in their areas has been hugely under-subscribed.

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