Telecoms company UPC Ireland is to shed as many as 170 jobs across its facilities as part of a cost-cutting programme.

UPC Business today announced the launch of a next-generation ethernet service in Ireland.

UPC Ireland plans to formally become a mobile communications provider by late 2015.

More than a third of Irish people believe that learning computer coding is ‘more important’ than learning Irish, a new survey has found.

UPC Ireland lost almost 7,000 customers in the nine months to the end of March but saw the total number of subscriptions increase in the same period.

UPC Ireland have announced a strong performance from their digital TV, high-speed Internet and voice subscriptions in their second quarter results today.

Up to 150,000 jobs are expected to be created in Ireland’s internet-related industries over the next five-and-a-half years, with the value of the internet economy here due to nearly treble to over €21m.

It will take about a year for UPC to get its mobile phone network up and running and become Ireland’s second operator to offer TV, broadband, telephone and mobile in a single package.

Communications company UPC is to enter the mobile phone market, having signed an agreement with the Three network.

Hutchison Whampoa has offered to give network access to several virtual network operators in a bid to win EU approval to buy Telefonica’s Irish unit, according to sources.

The head of UPC Ireland is defending the company's second price hike in 12 months.

UPC Ireland chief Magnus Ternsjo has said the company’s commitment and optimism in its operations here has been shown in the amount of new product investment it has made in the past year.

Broadband and television company UPC has gone green, after signing a deal with Irish energy supplier Vayu to supply their 96 metered sites with renewable energy.

Communications giant, UPC’s planned expansion into the mobile services sector is unlikely to materialise for another two years or so.

UPC announced today it will be launching a new budget range of digital TV, broadband and phone services in Ireland.

A major battle for the eyes and the pockets of television viewers is set to intensify with the launch of a new, next-generation, TV set-top box by UPC.

Hutchison Whampoa, which operates Irish mobile network 3, is in advanced talks to buy O2, four people with knowledge of the negotiations said.

Communications services company UPC has reported a 10% year-on-year increase in total subscriber numbers to just over the one million mark for the first quarter of this year.

Communications provider, UPC Ireland has reached the one million subscription milestone, capping off a strong year for the company.

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan today officially opened the redeveloped facilities at UPC’s national customer contact and administration HQ in the Enterprise Development Park on Roxboro Road, Limerick.

UPC, the European division of Liberty Global, an international cable operator, is confident of Ireland’s economic future, a gathering of business leaders heard in Brussels yesterday.

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The Irish internet speed record has been smashed by UPC who has recorded the highest speed ever of more than 1.4 gigabits per second download.

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UPC Ireland announced today that it added 22,600 subscriptions in the company’s second quarter to end June 2012, compared to the first quarter of 2012.

Public sector contracts were one of the key drivers of UPC’s strong growth figures, according to the internet and telecoms service provider’s fourth-quarter results.

TELEVISION, broadband and telephone services company UPC Ireland last year returned to an operating profit of €6.7 million.

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

UPC Ireland today announced record results for Q1 201, showing an 11% growth in total service subscriptions when compared with the same period last year.

UPC Ireland — the multi-disciplined communications company, formerly trading under the Chorus/NTL brands — has reported a 10% increase in total subscriber numbers for 2010.

'The X Factor' is Ireland’s all-time favourite reality TV programme, according to a new survey.

Dublin: UPC Ireland – the multi-disciplined communications company which owns the Chorus/NTL brand – has reported a 9.3% year-on-year increase in total third-quarter subscriber numbers to 762,700, as interest in its bundled offering of television, Internet and telephone services grows.

UPC saw its Irish customer base jump 8% to 742,400 in the second quarter compared with a year earlier.

Home entertainment and communications company UPC today announced the launch of its fibre power network in six regional towns: Sligo, Mullingar, Athlone, Newbridge, Carlow and Portlaoise.

UPC has scrapped the Chorus and NTL brands as it unveils plans to offer customers 100 megabits per second broadband –the fastest speed available in Ireland.

COMMUNICATIONS provider UPC Ireland saw its total customer numbers grow by nearly 50,000 people last year.

UPC IRELAND, which owns multi-faceted communications provider Chorus NTL, has reported steady revenue and profit growth for the third quarter of the year – mainly boosted by a surge in subscriber numbers to its telephony service.

Communications group UPC Ireland, owners of Chorus and NTL, today reported a 1.6% rise in profits for the third quarter of 2009, with revenues of €61.6m up from €60.6m in Q3 2008.

UPC IRELAND – the parent company of multi-disciplined communications provider, Chorus NTL – saw an 11.7% year-on-year decline in revenue to $84.4 million (€58.7m) for the second quarter of the year.

THE prospective new owners of the Irish operations of sports broadcaster Setanta are understood to be in a race against time to put in place the necessary funding to buy the business, before the Irish transmission rights for English Premier League football are put out to tender in the coming weeks.

A call-centre firm has announced plans to create 45 new jobs in Co Cork.

UPC IRELAND, the communications company which operates theChorus/NTL digital television and broadband services brands, saw revenues for the first quarter of this year fall by 9.7% to $79.8 million (€60m).

UPC IRELAND — the company which owns the Chorus/NTL digital television, internet broadband and telephone services provider — has reported a 7.9% increase in revenue for 2008, to $355.8 million (€279.4m).

UPC Ireland — which operates the NTL and Chorus cable/digital television platforms here — recorded a 20% year-on-year increase in third-quarter revenues this year to €91.1 million.