Communications in the Republic of Ireland, including postal services run by An Post, are regulated to a large extent by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), the Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources has overall responsibility for national policy and regulation. Much of Ireland's communications infrastructure is modern and digital, however in several sectors there are competitive disadvantages to overcome due to the uncompetitive nature of the economy of Ireland. Jump to: navigation, search Communication is the process of exchanging information, usually via a common system of symbols. ... Postal can refer to: the postal service the band The Postal Service the US slang phrase going postal, a form of mass murder or killing spree Postal, a series of controversial computer games (based on the previous expression) developed by Running With Scissors This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Jump to: navigation, search A small An Post post box attached to a telephone/electricity pole. ... The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) is the general communications regulator for the Republic of Ireland, covering almost all possible types of communications. ... The Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources is the chief minister at the Department of the same name in the Irish Government. ... The Economy of the Republic of Ireland is modern, relatively small, and trade-dependent with growth averaging a robust 10% in 1995–2000. ...

Broadcasting

Radio

• Stations: AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)
• Radios: 2.55 million (1997)
• See also: List of Irish radio stations

Television The following is an (incomplete) list of Republic of Ireland radio stations on air as of 2004. ...

• Stations: 10 (plus 36 low-power repeaters) (1997)
• Televisions: 1.47 million (1997)
• See also: List of Irish television channels

See also: Radio Telefís Éireann and Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. For a more detailed discussion of the broadcasting landscape in Ireland, see Media in Ireland. Jump to: navigation, search Irelands television channels are a subset of the Media in Ireland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; Irish for Radio [and] Television [of] Ireland) is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) is the regulator of the commercial broadcasting sector in Ireland. ... The media in Ireland include all the media and communications outlets of any other developed nation. ...

Internet

• Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 14 (1999)
• Country code (top-level domain): IE
• Internet users: 1.26 million (2003)
• See also: HEAnet, IEDR, INEX, ITnet

An Internet service provider (ISP) is a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. ... .ie is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for the Republic of Ireland. ... HEAnet (Irelands National Education & Research Network), provides high-speed Internet access to academic institutions in Ireland direct to European and USA networks. ... The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) is the domain name registry for the . ... Eclipses may occur repeatedly, separated by some specific interval of time: this interval is called an eclipse cycle. ... ITnet (Institute of Technology Network) is an ATM based 155 Mbit/s network created for the Institutes of Technology in the Republic of Ireland. ...

Telephone

Telephone system

• domestic: digital system using cable and microwave radio relay
• international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Telephones - fixed Intelsat is the worlds largest commercial satellite communications services provider. ...

• Lines: 2,046,000 (Source: Comreg, Sept. 2005)
• See also: Eircom, BT Ireland, Smart Telecom

Telephones - mobile eircom Group plc is the largest telecommunications operator in the Republic of Ireland. ... BT Communications Ireland Limited, (formerly Esat Telecommunications Limited), is a telecommunications and internet company in the Republic of Ireland. ... Smart Telecom is an Irish telecom operator. ...

• Lines: 3,831,000 (Source: Comreg, Sept. 2005)
• STD Codes for Irish mobile phone operators::
  • 083 3 Ireland UMTS
  • 085 Meteor GSM
  • 086 O2 Ireland GSM, (UMTS - not yet launched)
  • 087 Vodafone Ireland GSM, UMTS
  • 088 Eircell TACS (former network, closed July 2001)

NB - due to the introduction of full-number portability, some phones may now operate on different networks to those on which their number was originally allocated, thus an 086 number may not necessarily be an O2 number, likewise a Vodafone customer may have an 085 number if they were previously a Meteor customer. Jump to: navigation, search Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) (also known as subscriber toll dialling) is an obsolete term for the UK telephone system allowing subscribers to dial trunk calls without operator assistance. ... Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is one of the third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies. ... Meteor Mobile Communications Limited is a mobile telecommunications company in the Republic of Ireland. ... Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... O2 Ireland is a GSM mobile telecommunications operator in the Republic of Ireland. ... Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is one of the third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies. ... Vodafone Ireland, part of the Vodafone Group, is the largest mobile phone company in the Republic of Ireland, and was previously called Eircell. ... Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is one of the third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies. ... Vodafone Ireland, part of the Vodafone Group, is the largest mobile phone company in the Republic of Ireland, and was previously called Eircell. ... Advanced Mobile Phone System or AMPS is the analog mobile phone system standard, introduced in the Americas during the early 1980s. ...

See also

• List of Ireland-related topics

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External links

• Commission for Communications Regulation