Category Archives: Telephony

LLU Line Share finally a reasonable price in Ireland

Posted on 25/01/2010 by Adam

(Line Share allows other operators to rent just the internetty part of the line, without having to take the phoney part.) ComReg set it to 77c in August of last year and Eircom, predictably, appealed. The case is now settled, … Continue reading →

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Micro-USB Mobiles in Europe

Posted on 29/06/2009 by Adam

Obsolete before it actually happens? Top mobile telephone suppliers have agreed to back an EU-wide harmonization of phone chargers, the European Commission said on Monday, hailing the pact as good news for consumers and the environment. The Commission said the … Continue reading →

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Tesco Credit Card Security

Posted on 02/04/2009 by Adam

An open letter to Tesco and the Financial Regulator. CC: Financial Regulator, Dublin 2 CC: Tesco Ireland, Gresham House, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin CC: Tesco Customer Service, PO Box 73, Baird Avenue, Dundee DD1 9NF CC: Tesco Card Center, PO Box … Continue reading →

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Palm Pre

Posted on 09/01/2009 by Adam

[This has been in my drafts since January 9, only noticed it now. It does have a motion sensor and landscape mode btw.] The wife’ll kill me, I want one of these and I only have my Treo Pro a … Continue reading →

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.TEL Coming Soon

Posted on 11/11/2008 by Adam

New TLD sunrising on December 3, landrushing Feb 3, GA March 24. Very cool service with no hosting required, everything is done via the DNS. Put your contact details in a few NAPTR records, add your location in a LOC … Continue reading →

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Nokia to buy and open source Symbian

Posted on 25/06/2008 by Adam

I wouldn’t be mad about the Symbian platform, but this is still huge news, it has a huge install base. Symbian co-founder Nokia announced Monday night that it is buying the 52 percent of the software maker that it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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4 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Cell Phones

Posted on 12/06/2008 by Adam

I was just telling Walter that I don’t come across anything worth blogging these days – christ, I’m liveblogging now – when lo and behold this pops up: Luxembourg’s mobile phone penetration rate is 158%. 158 active cell phones for … Continue reading →

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O2 Ireland’s ARPU falls in Q1

Posted on 14/05/2008 by Adam

Excellent, about time they stopped raping Irish users. Now all they need to do is cut it by another 50% or so. SiliconRepublic: Mobile operator O2 said this morning that monthly blended average revenue per user (ARPU) “combining voice and … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry Blogs

Posted on 24/09/2007 by Adam

And his first post is about smartphones. I never fail to be impressed by that man. I think he’s a bit harsh on the Treo 680, but by god is he right about Palm in general — I don’t think … Continue reading →

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Mobile Phone Registration Response

Posted on 03/09/2007 by Adam

The full response to my objection is attached if you’d like to read it, but roughly translated from the we-don’t-give-a-shit-what-you-think language the Greens have rapidly picked up from the Fianna Failures, it says: “I didn’t actually read your email and … Continue reading →

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