Tag Archives: ireland
Vodafone Ireland shells out €160.85m for new 4G spectrum
Vodafone’s operation in Ireland has successfully bid for new 4G spectrum licences at a cost of €160.85 million. Continue reading
Blueface launches fixed line services for smartphones
Small business owners in Ireland can now benefit from a virtual landline number on their smartphone via a new app, launched today by Blueface in partnership with the 3 network.
The iPhone app is the first of its kind in Ireland and promises ‘big business phone services at small business prices’, by enabling business owners to run a fixed line telephone number from their smartphone and make cost savings as well as the convenience of a landline number for customers. Continue reading
Tweakker and JUST Mobile join forces for mobile data
Two mobile companies that we follow assiduously here on GoMo have just announced a deal – pre-paid mobile network JUST Mobile will be offering Tweakker‘s automatic configuration services to its customers. Continue reading
Did the next Mark Zuckerberg Attend the Dublin Web Summit?
Yesterday’s Dublin Web Summit, Paddy Cosgrave’s regular get-together for Ireland’s digerati and start-up obsessed, was standing-room only. There was a palpable sense in the air that something has changed in the Irish startup scene. Over 500 attendees got together to hear some of the top voices in social, web, mobile and funding innovation. And yet it was the attendees that were far ahead of the invited speakers. Continue reading
Irish mobile ad network Adforce wins major BBC contract
Ireland has been having a good mobile day today – first, we reached the Top 10 list for countries scanning barcodes through Scanbuy. Now one of our few indigenous mobile advertising companies, Adforce.ie, has announced an exclusive contract win with the BBC.
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JUST Mobile: new Irish mobile operator keeps it simple
In the middle of a worsening financial crisis, Ireland has seen the launch of not one but two new mobile operators this year: eMobile from Eircom, and pre-pay network JUST Mobile. Interestingly, they both have the same core principle: keeping things simple. But there’s a huge different between being simple and being transparent, as GoMo News discusses in our interview with JUST Mobile co-founder Stuart Kelly. Continue reading
Massive Indian operator win for Irish company
The third largest mobile operator in the world has chosen a small Irish company to power it’s mobile internet portal. This isn’t just good news for Dublin-based Cibenix, but also shows a certain amount of forward-looking on the part of Bharti Airtel, India’s biggest operator. Continue reading
First Open Access IMS launched by TSSG
Rating: TSSG benefits from Enterprise Ireland’s support
The Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG) has announced the launch of what it claims is the world’s first ‘open-access’ IMS network. The network exploits Ireland’s plentiful open spectrum.
Kevin Kennedy, spectrum development manager for ComReg – the Irish telecoms regulator – argued that multiple factors contribute to the [...]
Tesco Mobile has failed to perform in Ireland
Tesco and mobile operator O2 launched Tesco Mobile in Ireland as a joint-venture in 2007. The two companies put up a total of €11 million between them at the time – and €8.5 million of this has been spent. But accounts lodged at the end of last year showed a deficit of €7.3 million Continue reading
Irelands largest operator announces 3G mobile broadband
Irish telecoms company Eircom has entered the mobile broadband market. The formerly state-owned network will be launching a branded 3G dongle, as well as providing free access to its 1,000 Wi-Fi spots in Ireland.
Initially the service will only be available in major metropolitan areas in Ireland, but the service should be available to 50% of [...]

Interesting link in this article about Mazda and Mindshare running an augmented reality (Junaio) campaign in Ireland –