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BT to pay £1.5bn for Irish telco

British Telecom (quote: BT) is to pay about £1.5bn for Esat, Ireland's second largest telecommunications company, fending off a hostile £1.2bn... Read more

11 January, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

BT buyback rumours denied by ESAT

ESAT Digifone has refuted suggestions in the Irish press that it's planning... Read more

29 March, 2001 by Mark Graham

Irish MPs embroiled in Esat scandal

...also said to have been involved in property deals with Lowry and Esat's chief accountant Aidan Phelan. O'Brien's Esat Digiphone was awarded... Read more

29 July, 2002 by Suzanna Kerridge

BT takes the reigns of Irish mobile operator

BT is to take complete ownership of Irish mobile phone operator Esat Digifone. It already owns 50.5 per cent and will acquire the... Read more

6 February, 2001 by Kate Hanaghan

Spreading your storage eggs

If the UK ever experiences the kind of widespread power-outage seen in Italy recently, mirrored SANs could provide one way to keep data safe Read more

24 October, 2003 by Matt Loney

Dell and EMC ally to keep businesses online

...link between the two datacentres is provided by BT’s Ireland subsidiary Esat BT and Nortel Networks’ equipment. Storage systems provided under the Dell/EMC... Read more

1 October, 2003 by Matt Loney

BT's shares drop on strong earnings

...its next-generation mobile phone licence, as well as acquiring telecommunications providers Esat and Telfort. Analysts are concerned over the mounting debt because of rising... Read more

18 May, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Legal eagles fly in to Irish mobile licence scandal

...improper manner. Allegations abound over the nature of his business relationship with Esat Digiphone boss, and ultimate licence winner, Denis O'Brien. The Irish government... Read more

5 August, 2002 by Suzanna Kerridge

Irish mobile licence bribe scandal gathers steam

...purchase of a £440,000 property in Cheadle, Manchester, paid for by Esat boss Denis O'Brien. Esat Digiphone was awarded a licence by Lowry... Read more

30 July, 2002 by Suzanna Kerridge

Telenor looking good

...double due to increased sales and a gain from selling shares in Esat Digifone - Ireland's number two mobile company - to BT. The company reported... Read more

22 August, 2001 by Justin Madubuko

The battle for Eircom

...O'Brien, head of e-Island, and former boss of Eircom rival Esat. e-Island made its initial bid for Eircom in February 2001. It... Read more

3 August, 2001 by Justin Madubuko

Vodafone finally gets Eircell

...summer. Competitors for the licences are likely to be BT Group's Esat Digifone, and new entrant Meteor. Telia and KPN, owning 14 per cent... Read more

14 May, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Telia takes directory route to profit

...gets the cash from exercising its option to sell its interests in Esat Digifone in Ireland and Viag Interkom in Germany to BT. The two... Read more

19 February, 2001 by Ron Coates

Telenor forces BT to buy Viag stake

...sell BT its 49.5 per cent stake in Irish mobile network Esat Digifone, for a further £554m Read more

3 January, 2001 by Ben King

Vodafone swallows Eircell

...around 60 per cent of the market. There is only one competitor, Esat Digifone, but a third licence has been awarded to US-Irish consortium... Read more

21 December, 2000 by Ben King

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