Eircom

eircom Group plc is the largest telecommunications operator in the Republic of Ireland.

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As Bord Telecom ?ireann plc, the company was (until 1999) a state monopoly; as a private company it continues to dominate many telecommunications areas, its main competitor being BT Ireland (formerly Esat BT), although this is accessed via eircom's network. eircom currently operates the fixed-line telephone network, act as an internet service provider (ISP) eircom.net, and operate a property alarm installation and montioring unit called eircom Phonewatch. An analogue TACS and a digital GSM 900 network operation in Ireland, started as Eircell, was once owned by eircom. It is now run by Vodafone. eircom now has a 44% share of the Irish telecoms market.

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Eircom: Services ►

Telecommunications: REDIRECT Telecommunication...

Republic of Ireland: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like Ulster, (Republic of) Ireland, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology) ....

State monopoly: REDIRECT Government monopoly...

~ Table of Content ~

►	Introduction
►	Services
►	History
►	Competition
►	Criticisms of eircom
►	Broadband Roll-out
►	See also
►	External links

►	FR: Eircom

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Ulster (1) - Ireland (1) - Eircell (1) - Vodafone (1) - United Kingdom (1) - British Isles (terminology) (1) - Great (1) - Britain (1) - Bord Telecom ?ireann (1) - State monopoly (1) - Telecommunications (1) - Republic of Ireland (1) - TACS (1) - GSM 900 (1) - BT Ireland (1) -

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