[10.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Pierre Danon is to step down as Eircom chairman following his appointment to the position of CEO of Numericable – Completel, a French, fibre-based, fixed-line operator.
Danon will remain as Eircom chairman until a successor has been appointed.
Numericable operates the third-leading, alternative, high-speed network in France, passing nearly […]

[10.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Worldwide sales of smart phones totalled 32.2 million units in the first quarter of 2008, up 29.3pc on the first quarter of 2007, Gartner has announced.
Worldwide sales of smart phones totalled 32.2 million units in the first quarter of 2008, up 29.3pc on the first quarter of 2007, […]

[09.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The market for in-flight broadband services is set to generate US$6.6m upon its launch this year and will grow to US$936m by 2012, analyst firm Multimedia Intelligence has said.
The debut of in-flight broadband services in the second half of this year will earn US$6.6m in passenger revenues as […]

[06.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]US telecoms giant Verizon Wireless confirmed last night it is to acquire Alltel in a transaction valued at US$28.1bn, which will put Verizon on the path to rolling out fourth-generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.
Verizon Wireless, which is a joint venture between Vodafone and Verizon Communications, has agreed […]

[05.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]A new €10m cross-border business programme for InterTradeIreland was launched yesterday with the aim of helping growing firms to reach their export potential.
The new phase of the Acumen programme was announced yesterday by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan.
The Acumen programme aims to […]

[04.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Seed funding amounting to €30m has yet to be invested in seeding promising young companies, Enterprise Ireland said yesterday.
Enterprise Ireland said that to date it has committed some €148.75m to eight seed and venture funds which have succeeded in raising in excess of €500m for investment in early-stage […]

[04.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Hard disk drive (HDD) sales are set to increase in 2008, despite the economic uncertainty, analyst firm IDC has said.
Fueled by ongoing prodigious demand for digital storage capacity, worldwide HDD shipments are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of more than 9pc between 2007 and […]

[04.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic]The shipment of semiconductors for PCs and servers slowed to a growth rate of -9.2pc over first the first quarter of 2008, compared to the fourth quarter of last year due to economic concerns in the US.
Year over year, unit shipments grew by 25.7pc while market revenue grew […]

[30.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Dell has said it is mid-way through a plan to shave 10pc of its workforce, with 7,000 jobs cut in the past year.
In its first quarterly results, the company said it recorded US$106m in expenses in relation to restructuring, including severance costs and facility closures.
Last month, Dell workers […]

[30.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic]Novell’s financial results for Q208 showed new revenue of US$236m, up US$4m over the same quarter a year ago.
Income from operations for Q208 was US$2m, compared to a loss from operations of US$12m for the second fiscal quarter of 2007.
Income from continuing operations in the second fiscal quarter […]