Europe's Premier eBusiness location
Ireland has some of the fastest cheapest low
latency virgin internet bandwidth on the planet, linking the US and
European backbone networks over the fattest pipes spanning the
Atlantic.
IDA eBusiness Brochure (pdf download)
Hibernia Atlantic provide high capacity connections between the US/Canada and Ireland at low monthly rates. Check their website for pricing.
Eircom
11 September 2001
Eircom opens its third international internet hosting center(re) in
Dublin.
Global Crossing
An arrangement between the Irish Government and
Global Crossing will provide
direct fiber
connectivity between Ireland and 40 European cities as well as direct
connections to the Global Crossing ACI and II cables between Europe and
the USA - including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington DC,
Chicago and Boston. In May 2001, the Government announced additional
direct fiber capacity to Tokyo and Hong Kong with plans for direct links
to Singapore and points in Latin America in the pipeline.
The cable system is duplicated for redundancy
with two separate Irish landing points at Ballinesker & Killmore Quay (WX).
The cables contains 12 fiber pairs, each with an initial capacity of 25
gigabits/sec.
360Networks launch 2 Terabits/sec link to North America
On September 25, 2000 the Irish cable landing station was opened for
a second major new ultra high capacity 5,600 km cable linking
Ireland with North America. The 360Atlantic cable is
operated by 360Networks,
and the North American landing station is at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Please see the
North America and
Atlantic network maps. The total cable system has a capacity of 2
terabits per second, and can support 10 gigabits per second data
transfer rates on a single channel. Combined with the Global
Crossing cable system, the 360Atlantic (and their respective links
between Ireland and the rest of Europe) provides triple redundancy of
the communications pipelines for Irish internet sites. The 360Networks
cable system will link over 100 major cities by June 2002.
"Ireland will soon be an important gateway between Europe and our
networks in North America, South America and Asia," said Mr Ashwin
Chitamun, VP Europe, 360networks.
Update: This 360Networks fiber(re) is currently dark, pending
resolution of the group's global financial position.
Microsoft Online Distribution Center
On September 21, 2000 Microsoft announced the establishment of an
eSoftware Distribution center for their Europe, Middle East, Africa
region in Ireland to meet the growing demand for online purchase and
download of Microsoft products over the internet. The Irish facility,
which will be part of the Microsoft.NET strategy will represent an
initial investment of $75 million.
eCommerce Law
Ireland's
Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 which was signed into law by the
President on July 10, 2000 provides the legal framework for electronic
signatures, contract, and payment security. The Act provides a high
degree of personal privacy and security for internet users, and makes it
unlawful for any person or government agency to tamper with electronic
signatures or certificates and provides for the confidentiality of
deciphering keys.
Ireland's membership of the European Union and single European currency,
the Euro, it's highly educated multi-lingual workforce, and pro
business, low tax, fast time to market, low bureaucracy government
environment makes it the ideal location for E-Commerce, ASP, general
internet hosting, European mirror sites, and other telecommunications
services.
Related News and Links
Dublin, October 3, 2000 - - MWB Konnect announce the
establishment of a 30,000 Mē EUR 190 million eBusiness incubator and
hosting center in Ballycoolin.
Links:
Industrial Development Agency
Doing Business and Investing in Ireland - a guide from
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (pdf file) (.PDF)
Epaynews
Irish e-commerce resource center
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