The takeover by telecoms service provider “3” owned by the Hong Kong company Hutchison of “O2” has been approved by the European Commission.

3 Ireland is aiming to offer 4G coverage to the whole country by the end of the year as the firm announced that from Jan 27, bill pay and prepay customers will get free 4G access until Jul 31.

Landowners with mobile phones masts could be in line for a major cash windfall as an American fund seeks to buy mobile phone leases.

When Zlatan Ibrahimovic was a kid in the mid-1980s, his mother sometimes hit him on the head with a wooden spoon.

West African leaders met in the Ivory Coast today for a special summit to discuss how to step up their role in Mali as the French-led military intervention to oust Islamic extremists from power entered its second week.

Ireland provided one of the few growth stories in Vodafone group’s disappointing results as an unexpected slowdown in emerging markets forced the company to launch cost-cutting measures.

Fears that rural dwellers could lose out when a new multi-band spectrum for mobile phones is rolled out have been downplayed.

An agreement between 3 and Vodafone to share their Irish networks is expected to save the two mobile phone operators €500m.

Comreg may block a proposed deal between Vodafone and 3 to merge their Irish telecoms infrastructure in a measure designed to cut costs.

The High Court will hold a hearing today to determine whether to approve a survival plan for Eircom.

A military police investigation is under way in Britain after a soldier was allegedly subjected to a sex attack by three servicemen at an Army base.

Mobile phone companies in Ireland are joining forces to help millions of people affected by East Africa's worst drought in decades.

Two journalists held hostage by the Taliban for 18 months in Afghanistan have arrived home in France to an emotional welcome.

Two French journalists held hostage in Afghanistan since December 2009 have been freed.

KEY travel and lifestyle media from Britain and the US here to cover the historic visits by the British Queen and US President Barack Obama will help generate up to €150 million in positive publicity worldwide, tourism chiefs predicted.

Dublin: UPC Ireland has reported an 11% year-on-year growth in subscription levels for the first quarter of the year.

AN expected explosion of the smartphone market in Ireland means the mobile operator 3 is recruiting 50 people.

Mobile phone company 3 is to create 50 jobs with the expansion of its operations in Ireland.

Irish international Kevin Doyle was on hand to launch to a special fund to aid the grassroots development of Irish football today.

Mobile phone operator 3 has appointed David O’Regan as Business Development Executive for Cork.

Mobile phone operator 3 and the FAI have announced a sponsorship agreement, worth €7.5m over four years, which sees 3 become the primary sponsor of the Irish national football team and all international squads.

Mobile network 3 announced today that it now has more than 500,000 customers subscribing to its mobile and mobile broadband services.

BROADBAND internet services are expected to be available in all of Kerry before the end of this year, despite ongoing objections to masts by local communities.

The mobile operators O2, Vodafone, Meteor and 3, through the Irish Cellular Industry Association (ICIA), today launched a fundraising initiative to support relief efforts in Haiti.

Former Hurler of the Year Dan Shanahan of Waterford has hit out at the GAA’s decision to force all hurlers to wear helmets.

FORMER Hurler of the Year Dan Shanahan of Waterford has hit out at the GAA’s decision to force all hurlers to wear helmets.

Waterford GAA has received a considerable boost with the confirmation of mobile phone network 3 as the county's sponsors for the next two years

Some 75,000 golf fans are set to give Kerry a €30m tourism boost next year, business chiefs said today.

Dublin: Mobile operator 3 has launched MiFi or Mobile WiFi, which is a small device that acts as a wireless modem.

Mobile phone operator 3 has announced it has more than 175,000 mobile broadband customers in Ireland.

Mobile operator 3 has today detailed its intention to target the business community within Ireland by potentially buying out any existing contracts business people may have with other operators.

MOBILE communications network provider, 3 Ireland has increased its customer base here by over 60,000 people since the end of last year and is likely to break even, on a financial footing, by the end of this year.

TECHNOLOGICALLY savvy children across Ireland can and almost certainly are using their mobile phones to “sext” sexually explicit images of themselves to others without the images being traceable.

Mobile operator 3 today announced a €1m investment in its network of 21 retail stores in Ireland.

Mobile broadband provider 3 has today announced it has surpassed 150,000 mobile broadband customers in Ireland.

PHONE companies in Ireland are falling over themselves to introduce anti-bullying packages for their “tween” customers.

PAUL McGINLEY has confirmed his participation in The 3 Irish Open at Baltray next month.

The Irish Open is to be sponsored for the next three years by mobile network 3, with prize money increased by nearly €500,000 to €3m.

Ryanair has today launched its in-flight mobile phone service initially onboard 20 of its aircraft.

The Government is to invest €223m in providing broadband to rural areas, creating some 170 jobs in the process.

Eircom today announced its results for the first quarter to end-September, posting a 2% drop in profits that it attributed to the economic downturn, and signalling possible future job cuts.

Telecoms firm 3 has won a multi-million euro contract to deliver broadband to IT blackspots across rural Ireland.

GARDAÍ investigating the planting of a homemade bomb outside Shell’s headquarters arrested a relative of James Monaghan, a prominent republican and one of the so-called Colombia Three.

A €44m deal agreed between mobile media network 3 and BT will deliver faster 3G mobile broadband for business people and householders in Cork, according to both groups.