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Eir (telecommunications), the Glossary

Eircom Limited, trading as Eir (stylised eir), is a large fixed, mobile and broadband telecommunications company in Ireland.^[1]

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Companies formerly listed on Euronext Dublin
Internet service providers of the Republic of Ireland
Irish companies established in 1999
Telecommunications companies of the Republic of Ireland

Anchorage Capital Group

Anchorage Capital Group (or simply Anchorage) is an American investment management firm based in New York City.

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Arqiva

Arqiva is a British telecommunications company which provides infrastructure, broadcast transmission and smart meter facilities in the United Kingdom.

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Asset stripping refers to selling off a company's assets to improve returns for equity investors, often a financial investor, a "corporate raider", who takes over another company and then auctions off the acquired company's assets.

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Babcock & Brown

Babcock & Brown LP was a global investment and advisory firm, established in 1977, based in Sydney, Australia, that went into liquidation in 2009.

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Belfast

Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.

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BT Group

BT Group plc (formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England.

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BT Ireland

BT Communications (Ireland) Limited is a telecommunications and internet company in Ireland. Eir (telecommunications) and BT Ireland are internet service providers of the Republic of Ireland and telecommunications companies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.

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Commission for Communications Regulation

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) (An Coimisiún um Rialáil Cumarsáide) is the general communications regulator for Ireland, covering almost all possible types of communications.

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Davidson Kempner Capital Management

Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP (often known by the short form Davidson Kempner) is a global institutional alternative investment management firm with over $36 billion in assets under management.

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Denis O'Brien

Denis O'Brien (born 19 April 1958) is an Irish billionaire businessman, and the founder and owner of Digicel.

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Digital television

Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals.

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Digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television where television stations broadcast television content in a digital format.

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Digiweb

Digiweb is a telecommunications company in Ireland, supplying business and consumer broadband and web hosting, and a group of companies in the telecoms and technology sectors. Eir (telecommunications) and Digiweb are internet service providers of the Republic of Ireland.

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Druids Glen

Druid's Glen is a hotel and golf resort in Newtownmountkennedy, Republic of Ireland, situated about south of Dublin in County Wicklow.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the local authority of the city of Dublin in Ireland.

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Eir (telecommunications)

Eircom Limited, trading as Eir (stylised eir), is a large fixed, mobile and broadband telecommunications company in Ireland. Eir (telecommunications) and eir (telecommunications) are companies formerly listed on Euronext Dublin, internet service providers of the Republic of Ireland, Irish companies established in 1999, private equity portfolio companies, telecommunications companies established in 1999 and telecommunications companies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Eir Sport

Eir Sport (stylised as eir Sport; formerly Setanta Sports) was a group of Irish television sports channels operated by Eircom Sport Limited, a subsidiary of Eir.

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Eircell

Eircell was an Irish mobile cellular network provider which was established in 1984, with operations commencing in 1986.

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England and Wales

England and Wales is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.

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Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution

Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), also known as 2.75G, Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS), IMT Single Carrier (IMT-SC), and Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution, is a 2G digital mobile phone technology for data transmission.

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ESB Group

The Electricity Supply Board (ESB; Bord Soláthair an Leictreachais) is a state owned (95%; the rest are owned by employees) electricity company operating in the Republic of Ireland.

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Euronext Dublin

Euronext Dublin (formerly The Irish Stock Exchange, ISE; Stocmhalartán na hÉireann) is Ireland's main stock exchange, and has been in existence since 1793.

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Examinership

Examinership is a process in Irish law whereby the protection of the Court is obtained to assist the survival of a company.

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Fiber to the x

Fiber to the x (FTTX; also spelled "fibre") or fiber in the loop is a generic term for any broadband network architecture using optical fiber to provide all or part of the local loop used for last mile telecommunications.

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

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Free (ISP)

Free S.A.S. is a French telecommunications company, subsidiary of Iliad S.A. that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications to consumers in France. Eir (telecommunications) and Free (ISP) are telecommunications companies established in 1999.

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General Packet Radio Service

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), also called 2.5G, is a mobile data standard on the 2G cellular communication network's global system for mobile communications (GSM).

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General Post Office

The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969.

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GoMo

GOMO or GoMo is the name of two unrelated, online-only mobile telephone flanker brands.

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Government of Ireland

The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in the Government of Ireland (Rialtas na hÉireann), which is headed by the italic, the head of government.

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GSM

The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation (2G) digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets.

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Iliad Italia

Iliad Italia S.p.A. is an Italian telecommunications company, wholly-owned subsidiary of the French group Iliad SA In December 2022, with 9.56 million active lines, it is the fourth mobile operator in Italy following Wind Tre, TIM and Vodafone.

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Iliad SA

Iliad S.A. is a French telecommunications company.

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Imagine Communications

Imagine Communications is an Irish internet service provider and telecommunications operator, who provide WiMAX, wireless broadband and resell Eircom telecommunications wholesale packages. Eir (telecommunications) and Imagine Communications are telecommunications companies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Internet privacy

Internet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storage, re-purposing, provision to third parties, and display of information pertaining to oneself via the Internet.

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Internet service provider

An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides myriad services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet.

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Irish Independent

The Irish Independent is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis.

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Irish Open (golf)

The Irish Open, currently titled as the Amgen Irish Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the European Tour.

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Irish Recorded Music Association

The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) is a non-profit association set up in 1999 to promote certain interests of the music industry in Ireland.

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Jersey

Jersey (label), officially known as the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France.

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JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational finance company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware.

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Landline

A landline (land line, land-line, main line, fixed-line, and wireline) is a telephone connection that uses metal wires from the owner's premises also referred to as: POTS, Twisted pair, telephone line or public switched telephone network (PSTN).

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League of Ireland

The League of Ireland (Sraith na hÉireann) is a league of professional football clubs from the Republic of Ireland plus Derry City from Northern Ireland.

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London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange in the City of London, England.

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LTE (telecommunication)

In telecommunications, long-term evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA standards.

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Mediahuis Ireland (formally Independent News and Media, or INM) is a Belgian/Dutch-owned media organisation that is based in Dublin and publishes national daily newspapers, Sunday newspapers, regional newspapers and operates multiple websites including Independent.

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Meteor (mobile network)

Meteor Mobile Communications Limited was a GSM and UMTS mobile telecommunications company in Ireland. Eir (telecommunications) and Meteor (mobile network) are telecommunications companies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Minister for Posts and Telegraphs

The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (Aire Poist agus Telegrafa) was the holder of a position in the Government of Ireland (and, earlier, in the Executive Council of the Irish Free State).

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Mobile telephony

Mobile telephony is the provision of telephone services to mobile phones rather than fixed-location phones (landline phones).

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Mobile VoIP

Mobile VoIP or simply mVoIP is an extension of mobility to a voice over IP network.

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Multiprotocol Label Switching

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a routing technique in telecommunications networks that directs data from one node to the next based on labels rather than network addresses.

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New York Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

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Northern Ireland Civil Service

The Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS; Státseirbhís Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann Cïvil Sarvice) is the permanent bureaucracy of employees that supports the Northern Ireland Executive, the devolved government of Northern Ireland.

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NTL Ireland

NTL Communications (Ireland) Limited was a cable television and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) company in Ireland. Eir (telecommunications) and NTL Ireland are internet service providers of the Republic of Ireland.

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Ordnance Survey Ireland

Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI; Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann) was the national mapping agency of the Republic of Ireland.

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Peer-to-peer file sharing

Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology.

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Pierre Danon

Pierre Danon (born 1956) is a French entrepreneur.

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A private company limited by shares is a class of private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, Scotland, certain Commonwealth jurisdictions, and the Republic of Ireland.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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RTÉ

i (Radio Television of Ireland; RTÉ) is an Irish public service broadcaster.

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RTÉ News

RTÉ News and Current Affairs (Nuacht agus Cúrsaí Reatha RTÉ), also known simply as RTÉ News (Nuacht RTÉ), is the national news service provided by Irish public broadcaster italic (RTÉ).

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RTÉ.ie

RTÉ.ie is the brand name and home of Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)'s online activities.

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Security alarm

A security alarm is a system designed to detect intrusions, such as unauthorized entry, into a building or other areas, such as a home or school.

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Setanta Sports

Setanta Sports Media is a sports television company based in Dublin, Ireland and in Tbilisi, Georgia, broadcasting throughout select Eurasian countries, and the Philippines.

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Sky Ireland

Sky Ireland Limited is a subsidiary of Comcast-owned Sky UK and supplies television, internet and telephony services in Ireland.

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Smart Telecom

Smart Telecom (AIM:SMR) was an Irish telecom operator that started as a phone card seller. Eir (telecommunications) and Smart Telecom are telecommunications companies of the Republic of Ireland.

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State monopoly

In economics, a government monopoly or public monopoly is a form of coercive monopoly in which a government agency or government corporation is the sole provider of a particular good or service and competition is prohibited by law.

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A State-Sponsored Body is the name given in Ireland to a state-owned enterprise (a government-owned corporation), that is to say, a commercial business which is beneficially owned, either completely or majority, by the Irish Government.

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Stock market bubble

A stock market bubble is a type of economic bubble taking place in stock markets when market participants drive stock prices above their value in relation to some system of stock valuation.

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Subsidiary

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.

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Telecom Éireann

Telecom Éireann (meaning "Telecommunications of Ireland") was an Irish state-owned telecommunications company that operated from 1983 to 1999.

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Telecommunications

Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information with an immediacy comparable to face-to-face communication.

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Telecommunications in the Republic of Ireland

Telecommunications in Ireland operate in a regulated competitive market that provides customers with a wide array of advanced digital services.

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.

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The Pirate Bay

The Pirate Bay (sometimes abbreviated as TPB) is an online index of digital content of entertainment media and software.

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Three Ireland

Three Ireland (Hutchison) Limited (formerly Hutchison 3G Ireland Limited), commonly known as 3 Ireland or Three Ireland, is a telecommunications and Internet service provider operating in the Republic of Ireland as a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings, operating under the global Three brand. Eir (telecommunications) and Three Ireland are telecommunications companies of the Republic of Ireland.

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TNT Sports (United Kingdom)

TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) is a group of pay television sports channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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TNT Sports 4

TNT Sports 4 is a British sports television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and the BT Group.

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Tony O'Reilly

Sir Anthony John Francis O'Reilly (7 May 1936 – 18 May 2024) was an Irish businessman and international rugby union player.

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University College Dublin

University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) (Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland.

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UPC Broadband

UPC Holding is a European telecommunications company owned by Liberty Global which provides cable television, broadband internet and fixed telephony in Europe.

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Virgin Media Ireland is Liberty Global's telecommunications operation in Ireland. Eir (telecommunications) and Virgin Media Ireland are internet service providers of the Republic of Ireland and telecommunications companies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Virgin Media One, also called Virgin One, is an Irish free-to-air television channel owned by Virgin Media Ireland (part of Liberty Global), operated through its subsidiary Virgin Media Television.

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Vodafone

Vodafone Group is a British multinational telecommunications company.

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Vodafone Ireland

Vodafone Ireland Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group, is a mobile phone network and broadband provider in Ireland. Eir (telecommunications) and Vodafone Ireland are internet service providers of the Republic of Ireland and telecommunications companies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Voice over LTE

Voice over Long-Term Evolution (acronym VoLTE) is an LTE high-speed wireless communication standard for voice calls and SMS using mobile phones and data terminals.

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Western Wireless Corporation

Western Wireless Corporation was a cellular network operator that provided mobile telecommunications service to subscribers in 19 western states in the United States, and seven other countries.

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Xavier Niel

Xavier Niel (born 25 August 1967) is a French businessman.

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2G

2G is a short notation for second-generation cellular network, a group of technology standards employed for cellular networks.

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3G

3G is the third generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology.

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4G

4G is the fourth generation of broadband cellular network technology, succeeding 3G and preceding 5G.

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5G

In telecommunications, 5G is the fifth-generation technology standard for cellular networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide in 2019, and is the successor to 4G technology that provides connectivity to most current mobile phones.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eir_(telecommunications)

Also known as EVision, Eir (Ireland), Eir TV, Eir Vision, Éircom, Eircom Group plc, Eircom.net, Phonewatch.

, Mobile telephony, Mobile VoIP, Multiprotocol Label Switching, New York Stock Exchange, Northern Ireland Civil Service, NTL Ireland, Ordnance Survey Ireland, Peer-to-peer file sharing, Pierre Danon, Private company limited by shares, Reuters, RTÉ, RTÉ News, RTÉ.ie, Security alarm, Setanta Sports, Sky Ireland, Smart Telecom, State monopoly, State-sponsored bodies of the Republic of Ireland, Stock market bubble, Subsidiary, Telecom Éireann, Telecommunications, Telecommunications in the Republic of Ireland, The Irish Times, The Pirate Bay, Three Ireland, TNT Sports (United Kingdom), TNT Sports 4, Tony O'Reilly, University College Dublin, UPC Broadband, Virgin Media Ireland, Virgin Media One, Vodafone, Vodafone Ireland, Voice over LTE, Western Wireless Corporation, Xavier Niel, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G.

Eir (telecommunications), the Glossary

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See also

Companies formerly listed on Euronext Dublin

Internet service providers of the Republic of Ireland

Irish companies established in 1999

Telecommunications companies of the Republic of Ireland

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