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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 the Republic of Ireland. Communication is the process of exchanging information, usually via a common protocol. ...
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...
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 Television The following is an (incomplete) list of Republic of Ireland radio stations on air as of 2004. ...
- Stations: 4 terrestrial stations, using 10 transmitters (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. Irelands television channels are a subset of the Media in Ireland. ...
Radio TelefÃs Éireann (RTÉ; Irish for Radio [and] Television [of] Ireland) is the Public Service 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 An Internet service provider (ISP, also called Internet access provider) 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. ...
A typical DSL Modem Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires used in the last mile of a local telephone network. ...
Cable modem for broadband Internet access A cable modem is a special type of modem that is designed to modulate a data signal over cable television infrastructure. ...
A leased line is a (usually) symmetric telecommunications line connecting two locations together. ...
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 . ...
Internet Neutral Exchange (INEX) is an Internet exchange located in the Republic of Ireland, with points of presence in Dublin at Citywest and Kilcarbery Park. ...
ITnet (Institute of Technology Network) is an PoS based multi 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, Ltd. ...
Telephones - mobile Local loop unbundling (LLU) is the process of allowing telecommunications operators to use the twisted-pair telephone connections from the telephone exchanges central office to the customer premises. ...
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. ...
- Subscribers: 4.05 million (Q3 2005)
- Pre-paid: 3.078 million (Q3 2005)
- Contract: 972,000 (Q3 2005)
- Mobile phone penetration: 100% (Q3 2005)
- Call minutes: 1,449,462,000 (Q3 2005)
- SMS messages sent: 1,048,112,000 (Q3 2005)
- MMS messages sent: 6.1 million (Q3 2005)
- 'Average revenue per user: €47.37 (Q3 2005)
- STD Codes for Irish mobile phone operators:
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. According to Comreg, 390,000 mobile phone users had taken advantage of FMNP up to September 2005. Pay As You Go, often shortened to PAYG, is used as a general term for the concept of a prepay mobile phone. ...
Depending on context, the initials SMS may have several meanings: Short message service – text messaging on mobile phones / cell phones. ...
Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) is a system of transmitting not only text messages, but also various kinds of multimedia contents (e. ...
ARPU is an acronym for Average Revenue Per Unit or Average Revenue Per User. ...
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
This page aims to list articles related to Ireland. ...
External links - Commission for Communications Regulation
- Irish Communications Market: Quarterly Key Data - September 2005 — Comreg report
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