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  • 01-11-2004 2:11pm
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    dahamsta
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    http://beecher.ie/pheed/?yaoadx
    The Sunday Tribune reports that Brendan Murtagh, director of Kingspan, has bought a major fibre optics ring around the M50 called T50. The network is believed to be the country's largest privately-owned telecoms network comprising 44.5 km. Murtgah is reportedly in talks with Smart Telecom to manage T50 -- this deal would propel Smart's chances of competing more effectively with Eircom in the broadband internet arena.
    The Sunday Business Post reports that Eircom rejected a government proposal of a EUR1.8 billion deal to expand the country's broadband network. According to the paper Eircom denied the charge, saying that no detailed offers were made by the government. It described the broadband plans as "aspirational" and the discussions as "not detailed."
    In a follow-up on the same story, Monday's Irish Times reports that the government held discussions on how to accelerate the rollout of broadband with both Eircom and Esat BT. A spokeswoman for Esat BT said that the company had met with government consultant Ira Magaziner but that it had not received an offer of government funds similar to that reportedly offered to Eircom.
    The Sunday Times reports that Eircom has rejected an offer from Vodafone and O2 that could see the telecom firm re-entering the mobile market. The mobile operators offered Eircom the option to use their networks to sell mobile services but Eircom did not consider the offer competitive enough and told Vodafone and O2 that it could only compete if offered a wholesale rate.


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    De Rebel
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    dahamsta wrote:
    The Sunday Tribune reports that Brendan Murtagh, director of Kingspan, has bought a major fibre optics ring around the M50 called T50. The network is believed to be the country's largest privately-owned telecoms network comprising 44.5 km. Murtgah is reportedly in talks with Smart Telecom to manage T50 -- this deal would propel Smart's chances of competing more effectively with Eircom in the broadband internet arena.

    Details of that "ring" here - Is it currently a ring or a half-ring ?


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    flamegrill
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    Don't smart already have the control over the T50 ring? I'm not entirely sure, but this is what I heard from one of the guys that works there.

    Again they reportly are organising exclusive rights to the 19 MAN's aswell. This along with LLU will put them in pretty good contention to compete with eircom.

    Paul


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    SkepticOne
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    flamegrill wrote:
    Don't smart already have the control over the T50 ring? I'm not entirely sure, but this is what I heard from one of the guys that works there.

    Again they reportly are organising exclusive rights to the 19 MAN's aswell. This along with LLU will put them in pretty good contention to compete with eircom.

    Paul
    Exclusive access? That should not be allowed. They don't need exclusive access in order to compete with Eircom.


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    spongebob
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    An exclusive Ring on some of the MANs is the correct term. Another fsking journo talking thru its ass.

    You must take a ring on a MAN (a pair) . Most of the larger MANs were chucked into the ground with 48 pairs so Smart have committed to exclusively use 2% of that MAN capacity . They have taken rings in Galway and Cork anyway.

    M


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    flamegrill
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    Muck thanks for clearing that up :)


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    dahamsta
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    ComReg urged to toughen up on pricing
    Monday, November 01 2004
    by Deirdre McArdle

    ComReg needs to make a move on reducing local loop unbundling prices in Ireland, a European telecoms analyst has warned.

    A report by research group Current Analysis states that Ireland has unbundled a mere 2,500 lines nationwide, giving the country the second lowest local loop unbundling (LLU) record in Europe. Further price cutting is essential to a competitive telecoms market, author Sandra O'Boyle warned.

    "The high LLU prices Eircom is charging have seriously curtailed innovation in areas like broadband, voice over DSL and SDSL for business customers," said O'Boyle, analyst with Current Analysis and author of the report, speaking with ElectricNews.Net. "A reduction in LLU charges would also allow other operators to lower broadband charges to below EUR40 which would almost definitely encourage take-up."

    With such high prices to enter the exchanges, operators are dependent on re-selling Eircom products. Bearing this in mind, the report says Eircom is unlikely to develop a voice over DSL product as it would seriously undermine its lucrative voice business. A voice over DSL product would be beneficial to customers who would essentially be able to make free calls over their broadband connection. Unless other operators can afford the LLU charges, innovative products like this will not make it to market, argues the report.

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