Eir has said it will locate 200 new staff in the heart of the northside of Cork city as part of bringing customer service back in-house.

The telecoms regulator is in a row with Eir, the country’s largest telecom firm, about whether it should be obliged to provide public pay phones.

Phone company Eir has been fined €23,500 for continually overcharging customers after it assured a court it had implemented measures to prevent the problem happening again.

Telecoms watchdog Comreg is seeking to impose penalties on Eircom running into millions of Euros over the company’s alleged failure to comply with its obligation on access to its network for other telecommunication providers, the Commercial Court has heard, reports Ann O’Loughlin.

The principal provider of fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services in Ireland, eir, have announced that Mr Carl Leaver has been appointed Chairman designate of the board of directors of eircom Holdings (Ireland) Limited and the relevant boards within eir’s corporate structure.

Eircom has unveiled its new identity as Eir and left behind the brand it had carried through good times and bad since 1999.

The long-awaited rebrand of the country’s largest telecom has been unveiled with Eircom becoming Eir — at an estimated cost of €16m.

Telecommunications firm eircom has undergone a facelift.

The network outage that affected thousands of Eircom customers last week has been branded as ‘unacceptable’ by European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy, who suggested such failures could threaten Ireland’s international reputation.

Eircom systems are returning to normal this morning.

Thousands of people were left without mobile and landline services for most of yesterday after Eircom experienced major outages.

Eircom has issued a second statement this evening regarding the outage today, which affected its network.

Eircom technicians are continuing to work to restore full services following an "intermittent issue" on part of its network.

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Eircom says it is working on a major issue which has left hundreds of thousands of people without phone lines.

Eircom is set to build on its performance recovery by undertaking a rebranding exercise, which is set to be unveiled this month.

Eircom and Vodafone have today been convicted and fined for continuously sending customers over-charged bills.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has today issued seven Compliance Notices issued to telecoms providers.

Eircom last night said that it has recently turned down a takeover approach. 

A Co Cork mother has expressed anger at Eircom after she was unable to make an emergency call when her toddler had a seizure.

Eircom has today announced plans to implement a number of price changes for residential and business customers.

Eircom has decided against listing on a public market following a strategic review.

Eircom has scotched talk of it being taken over by US telecommunications giant, AT&T, with management saying there is no truth in the rumour.

Eircom has announced plans to transfer the assets and liabilities of its main operating company to a new entity incorporated in Jersey.

Eircom has said that no decision has been taken regarding its future ownership, despite reports suggesting it is planning to raise €1bn via a stock market flotation in September.

Eircom hasn’t ruled out the possibility of being acquired in a trade sale, saying it remains open-minded regarding its future strategic options.

Tens of thousands of Eircom customers are to be sent demands for backdated payments of hundreds of euro due to a billing error.

Thousands of Eircom customers are to be hit with significantly higher bills after a payments blunder at the company.

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Plans to finalise a survival scheme for Eircom are being challenged in the Commercial Court this afternoon.

The High Court today confirmed the appointment of an examiner to three eircom Group companies.

Eircom has been given temporary court protection from its creditors.

A decision will be taken today on the appointment of an examiner to eircom.

The High Court has heard today that 1,000 voluntary redundancies will be required to save eircom, and its mobile subsidiary Meteor.

The High Court has heard today that voluntary redundancies will be required to save eircom, and its mobile subsidiary Meteor.

Eircom has today reported a potential data breach for customers following the theft of three laptops.

Eircom has today announced the locations for Phase 1 of its fibre rollout plan which is set to offer customers broadband speeds of "40 Mbps and beyond".

A €100m investment for the roll-out of superfast broadband has been announced by eircom.

Unions at eircom will consider proposals from management on a new cost cutting plan which may lead to job losses.

The CEO of Eircom has warned of job losses at the company, as it introduces a €90m cost-saving plan.

Eircom says services have now been restored to all its customers affected by a technical fault in the southeast of the country yesterday.

The Communications Workers Union is meeting later today to discuss the future direction of Eircom.

Eircom has today announced a number of organisational changes which has seen Meteor CEO Larry Smith leave the company.

Eircom has today announced a 9% drop in group revenue in its results for the second quarter and six months ended December 31, 2009.

The takeover of eircom by Singapore-based STT Communications has been formally approved by the Federal Court of Australia.

Eircom's group revenue for the first quarter ended September 30, 2009, suffered a 9% decline to €468m, it was announced today.

Eircom today announced earnings of €692m for the 12 months to end June, down 1% on the previous year.

Communications Minister Eamon Ryan says he believes eircom has a very healthy future.

The Communications Workers Union is calling for Government intervention to protect the long-term future of Eircom.