Today's other stories in brief
51% up for Bitbuzz
Wi-Fi hotspot operator Bitbuzz saw a 51 per cent rise in registered users in 2009 to finish the year with 215,860 accounts, it said this week.
At the end of the year, it had 204 hotspots around the country, up from 178 a year previously. In 2009 it launched its first open-air wireless network at the Dingle marina in Co Kerry, and developed an iPhone app to show users the nearest hotspots.
Smartphones drove much of the growth, managing director Shane Deasy said.
3 brings in open source software
Mobile operator 3 Ireland has implemented open source document management software to enable it to meet the document storage and management guidelines of the National Broadband Scheme.
The system, based on the open source product Alfresco, was implemented by Enovation Solutions. 3 won a tender for the €223 million National Broadband Scheme to bring a service to the 10 per cent of the country not now served by commercial operators.
Abtran allies with 4C at UCC
Outsourcing provider Abtran has formed a research partnership with Cork Constraint Computation Centre (4C) at UCC to develop systems that can be used in business process outsourcing.
The project, funded by Abtran and Enterprise Ireland, forms part of the firm’s €6 million investment in a Learning Innovation Centre at its HQ, where 800 staff are employed.
Abtran managing director Michael Fitzgerald said the alliance would help position Ireland as a centre of excellence in the global business processes outsourcing industry.
