Getting new regulator up and running was like building an aircraft while flying, says executive chair
Government has given approval for staffing levels at media and online safety regulator Coimisiún na Meán to increase to 200
ComReg. The Irish communications regulator
Government has given approval for staffing levels at media and online safety regulator Coimisiún na Meán to increase to 200
Expanded role to ensure data centres meet certain standards to be met on foot of EU directives
Fibre usage and amount of data being used also increase
The phrase ‘I want a supervisor’ can be less effective than ‘I want to log a formal complaint’
In wake of court case, telecom provider ‘categorically rejects’ accusations of instructing customer care team ‘to not comply with regulatory obligations’
State’s largest telecoms group was not just failing consumers on service, it was actively frustrating them
Court hears customer made 13 calls to Eir, sent five emails and tried to make contact eight times on social media but never got anywhere
Claims emerge in court case taken against company by communications regulator ComReg
Airport police caught the user and the drone within minutes before handing the individual over to An Garda Síochána
‘Pricewatch receives more complaints about travel than any other area, although telecoms come close’
ComReg conducted an unannounced search of Eircom’s premises and seized material as part of an investigation last year
View that we are living in a failed State only serves a nihilistic creed
Helen Dixon is about to depart her role as privacy watchdog to take up a new position in ComReg
Eir is fighting ComReg’s decisions to limit its ability to compete on pricing in the market for wholesale high-speed broadband
Irish market does not ‘tend toward effective competition’ due to telecoms company’s size, says European Commission
There are now almost 620,000 fibre-to-the-premises broadband subscriber lines, says telecoms watchdog ComReg
Company says regulator relying on a 2018 decision it made to prohibit discounts even though that decision did not provide for any such prohibition
In its complaint, Eir claims the regulator made a number of errors in its market analysis
Company says sales rose 4 per cent year-on-year
DPC boss to switch to communications regulator early next year
Company phasing out old equipment in favour of modern fibre
Planning system needs to take into account national interest and can’t be a Nimby’s charter
Comreg claims Virgin is not complying with Universal Service Regulations because the provider’s process for switching acts as a disincentive
Total revenues from parcel deliveries fell by 9% past year, while the volume of parcels delivered fell by 14%
Increasingly complex scams are taking almost €1 million a day from Irish consumers
Telecommunications regulator deems Eircom to have a dominant position in the wholesale market
ComReg says an estimated €115m is lost each year as a result of scam text messages, and €187m due to scam calls
Working from home online is most common among people in densely populated areas with better broadband
ComReg assessing scam text filters and working with mobile operators to safeguard customers
A round-up of the tech coverage in this week’s Irish Times.
ComReg was targeted by group in May and refused to say if data has been published
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Pricewatch: Fionn Davenport’s experience of being scammed has left him feeling exposed and vulnerable
Scale of scams outlined by ComReg as it opens up new proposals for consultation
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