Minister says the journey towards a ‘digitally connected society’ must be completed

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Contract customer numbers and cost control push ebitda to €94m in half-year to end June

Jump in contract customer numbers helps mobile operator increase earnings 22%

Ireland’s ‘digital evolution’ is continuing at pace, says company’s CEO Robert Finnegan

Telecoms group says it will turn Live Nation music venue ‘smart’ under new 10-year deal

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CEO Robert Finnegan says 5G will offer ‘really fast broadband’ in rural Ireland

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Mobile operator paid €15.4m in State auction for its slice of next-gen 5G spectrum

10km from the city centre, the neighbourhood has good transport links

Second largest mobile network reports increase in customers moving to rivals

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Mobile operator signs five-year contract with US-based Amdocs to oversee revamp

Robert Finnegan took to the stage in front of a racuous, well lubricated crowd

Former 02 customers will soon be able to avail of 4G for the first time as part of merger

Marks & Spencer and Ann Summers were an unlikely route to becoming a telecoms MD

Former Rigney Dolphin staff given opporutunity to take up new roles at contact centre

Redundancies follow company’s acquisition and integration of O2

Three becomes second biggest telecoms provider in the State after acquisition

UPC’s entry into the mobile market expected to be confirmed within weeks

Hutchison Whampoa has bet big on the Irish market since its entry in 2005

Final terms were hammered out over the weekend

Due to scale of telcom giants, deal could take up to nine months to get green light

‘Business as usual’ for all customers until acquisition is approved by Competition Authority

Robert Finnegan trained with QPR in the 1980s and has become a key player in in the field of Irish telecoms

Consolidation in our broad telecoms sector is inevitable

Its losses reduced by 32% as company boosted market share to 9% last year