Eircom intends to enter 3G foray by next week (Ireland)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Eircom, Irish former fixed line monopoly, is intending to enter the foray of Republic’s 3G mobile broadband next week using its mobile arm Meteor’s network to launch an own-brand commercial service initially in Dublin and Cork, but with services to follow in Galway, Limerick, Waterford and other cities during the course of the year. Ericom official reportedly said,  ‘We expect to cover half the country’s population by the end of the year … This is a very fast growing market, and our customers want a combination of fixed and mobile services.’ he conceded it was the first time the telco had operated a ‘two-brand’ strategy for a single product. The new service will be offering a download speed of up to 7.2Mbps, with expected average speeds of between 2.5Mbps and 3Mbps.