[30.11.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Businessman Simon Pepper is LinkedIn. No, he’s not a crazy gansta rapper in his spare time. What Pepper is, apart from being a marketing director of Dublin software company PrimeCarrier, is a member of an online social network that he uses to maintain a link with more than 629 business […]

[30.11.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Deployments of Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Vista operating system are projected to reach 90m units in 2007, IDC predicts. However, it says uptake will be strongest in the consumer market in the first year.
IDC believes that Windows Vista will quickly displace the majority of shipments of older Windows client […]

[30.11.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Despite Ireland’s ongoing broadband woes, the country surprisingly has the largest number of Wi-Fi hotspots per head of population (18.3 per 100,000 people) followed by the UK (at 17.6), according to a global study by UK telecoms regulator Ofcom.
Germany has 10.5 Wi-Fi hotspots per 100,000 people, followed by […]

[29.11.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Top Security has launched new services intended to improve people’s safety by turning their mobile phone into a security device or panic alarm as needed.
Available from today, there are three services under the name TopLocate. They are aimed at parents, the elderly, lone or shift workers, people […]

29.11.2006 Personal safety services via mobile phone unveiledTop Security has launched new services intended to improve people’s safety by turning their mobile phone into a security device or panic alarm as needed. …
29.11.2006 Eircom embarks on first stage of €1bn upgradeIncumbent operator Eircom has kicked off its €1bn fibre-to-the-kerb network upgrade with a €10m […]

[29.11.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Incumbent operator Eircom has kicked off its €1bn fibre-to-the-kerb network upgrade with a €10m three-year contract signed with Siemens and ADVA optical networks.
The €10m contract follows an international tendering process aimed at boosting the capacity on Eircom’s existing national network.
“This announcement marks the first step on the road […]

[29.11.2006 first posted on silicon republic]The total global mobile entertainment market - comprising gambling, adult content, mobile games, mobile music and mobile TV - is currently worth US$17bn but is predicted to reach US$47bn by 2009 and US$77bn by 2011.
Juniper Research estimates that the industry will reach the US$77bn landmark as broadcast mobile […]

29.11.2006 US$77bn payday for mobile entertainmentThe total global mobile entertainment market - comprising gambling, adult content, mobile games, mobile music and mobile TV - is currently worth US$17bn but is predicted to reach US$47bn by 2009 and US$77bn by 2011. …
29.11.2006 New €2m centre to tackle productivity for managersMicrosoft Ireland and the Irish Management Institute […]

[29.11.2006 first posted on silicon republic]Business IP services provider Strencom has appointed Sean Flood operations director. In this senior position, he will have overall responsibility for operations, finance, delivery and customer service. Flood joins the company from Tiscali UK, where he held two director-level positions for its business division. His most recent position as sales […]

29.11.2006 YouTube in distribution deal with US mobile networkPopular social networking video-on-demand site YouTube.com, which was acquired by Google recently for US$1.65bn, will in early December make its service available on mobile after striking its first strategic mobile distribution agreement with US mobile network Verizon. …
29.11.2006 Product review: TomTom ONETo paraphrase Bob Dylan, how many […]