A TELECOMS tycoon, who used €1 million of his fortune to found a charity, has appealed to the people of his home county for help building or repairing 3,000 homes in poverty-stricken Haiti.

A TELECOMS expert has told the Central Criminal Court certain mobile phone records were not consistent with accounts Joe O’Reilly gave to gardaí about his movements on the day of his wife’s murder.

TELECOMS regulator ComReg will be given robust powers, including the power to impose fines of up to €4 million, to speed up the opening of Eircom’s exchanges to competitors, according to Communications Minister Noel Dempsey.

TELECOMS company Perlico has signed a deal with US communications’ giant MCI to route Perlico’s calls through MCI’s international network and handle Perlico’s internet traffic.

TELECOMS regulator Etain Doyle has threatened to withdraw NTL’s digital licence if it does not explain why its customers are still denied access to a full digital service.