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Northern Ireland tipped to be top UK tech hub
News Northern Ireland is making a name for itself as an emerging UK technology hub. Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI), the regional economic development agency, is billing the region as a prime destination for technology and financial services, and is...
[June 3, 2008, 8:27]
Northern Ireland orders data-protection review
News The Northern Ireland finance minister has ordered an immediate review of data-protection systems in the Northern Ireland civil service. Internal advice on how to protect citizens' personal details was issued to Northern Ireland departments during...
[November 22, 2007, 10:02]
Northern Ireland first to get 21CN completion
News Northern Ireland will be the first region in the UK where BT's next-generation broadband network will be completed, giving companies and residents access to a range of next-generation telecoms services.
[February 22, 2007, 11:42]
Northern Ireland funds broadband push
News The Northern Ireland Executive has unveiled a £1.9m fund to promote the extension of broadband services. Economy minister Arlene Foster launched the Northern Ireland Broadband Fund, which will provide support to businesses undertaking technology...
[August 12, 2008, 9:24]
Northern Ireland loses thousands of drivers' data
News Personal details of thousands of drivers in Northern Ireland have gone astray after two CDs sent by courier failed to arrive at their destination. An internal inquiry has been launched after staff at Northern Ireland's Driver and Vehicle Agency...
[December 13, 2007, 7:54]
Northern Ireland hits broadband saturation
News Northern Ireland has become the first region after London to have all its local telephone exchanges broadband-enabled. BT announced on Thursday that every one of the 191 local exchanges in Northern Ireland now offer high-speed ADSL connectivity to...
[February 25, 2005, 10:50]
Northern Ireland gets IT upgrade
News Northern Ireland has begun a major IT project to streamline communications between its government departments, according to reports on 9 August, 2004. The initiative is part of the Northern Ireland Executive's wider efforts to make services more...
[August 10, 2004, 14:20]
Northern Ireland launches online-security campaign
News The Northern Ireland Executive has launched a campaign for online security. Robinson said that increasing use of the internet in Northern Ireland — where 69 percent of the public are regular online shoppers and 60 percent of children regularly...
[February 12, 2008, 11:50]
Northern Ireland to roll out universal broadband coverage
News The Northern Ireland Executive announced today that it intends to live the dream of 100 percent broadband with the news it has picked BT to supply the high-speed Internet technology to every single home and business in the country.
[March 30, 2004, 9:30]
Northern Ireland seeks rural-broadband supplier
News Northern Ireland is replacing a deal under which its citizens without fixed telephone lines get internet access. In 2006, Northern Ireland claimed to be the first region in Europe to have 100 percent high-speed internet access.
[October 1, 2008, 11:46]
Fujitsu creates 400 jobs in Northern Ireland
News Fujitsu has announced it will be creating more than 400 new jobs in Northern Ireland with the establishment of a new managed services centre. This is a significant step for Fujitsu and Northern Ireland, and builds on over 30 years of working and...
[June 8, 2007, 12:14]
Fujitsu expands in Northern Ireland
News It is the second significant announcement that Fujitsu has made in Northern Ireland in recent months. Fujitsu Services is to create 30 jobs in Belfast to staff Oracle's £3.2m Centre of Excellence. The new Centre of Excellence is intended to deliver...
[August 2, 2007, 13:54]
Seagate invests £120m in Northern Ireland plant
News Seagate has increased its investment in Northern Ireland, announcing that it plans to spend another £120m on its production plant in Springtown, Londonderry. The work is expected to be completed by 2010, the company said in a statement.This...
[July 4, 2008, 16:15]
Northern Ireland to roll out universal broadband coverage
Talkback 100% coverage! You must be joking. I am living in a new development on the outskirts of Belfast (Dunmurry), yet BT still cannot offer me a braodband facility. My exchange is Balmoral so I am too far away.
[September 22, 2006, 16:24]
Northern Ireland to roll out universal broadband coverage
Talkback Isn't it time to start calling anything under 2M "midband"? In Japan a .5M service would be a joke and as for Tiscali's 150k! Some consumers are being conned again.
[March 30, 2004, 11:07]
Northern Ireland to roll out universal broadband coverage
Talkback Mr Pearson says 100% coverage at the "same price" as other ADSL Broadband users. This is not the case, the remote users will have to pay £27 per month for 512kb and an installation of £70 - BT have spun this around to say the same price as at the...
[January 12, 2006, 21:22]
Northern Ireland to roll out universal broadband coverage
Talkback But I would like to say well done to Ireland, again trying to make a difference. 512kbps is not really broadband, i have it and its not enough. Some other nationwide pollicies they have approved like the smoking band and pollythene bag tax are...
[March 30, 2004, 22:17]
New e-Payments Engine for Northern Ireland
News Northern Ireland's e-Government Unit has provided a new transactional platform for authorities in the province. John Price, deputy director of the Northern Ireland e-Government Unit, said it has developed the system using Microsoft's Biz Talk 2004...
[November 3, 2004, 11:48]
UK broadband take-up on the rise
News The digital divide between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is narrowing as more homes connect to broadband. Broadband take-up in homes in England reached 45 percent by the end of 2006, while 42 percent of homes in Northern Ireland...
[May 25, 2007, 13:20]
NI finance department opens access to data
News Northern Ireland's finance department is publishing sets of non-personal data online with the aim of improving public access. OpenDataNI will demonstrate to other Northern Ireland civil service departments the benefits of allowing publicly...
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