Next Generation: Ireland's New Digital Economy

DUBLIN, July 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- A High-Speed Digital Technology Revolution is Underway With the Roll Out of 4G Wimax and the New Smart Network Exemplar

Imagine Communications Group, the provider of 4G WiMax broadband and phone in Ireland, has welcomed a new Government backed fibre-optic network designed to cope with huge increases in Internet traffic.

The new Exemplar network and Imagine's 4th Generation WiMax technology can now solve Ireland's costly performance bottleneck problems and alleviate the over loaded systems struggling to deal with significant increases in data traffic which Ireland is experiencing.

Welcoming the Exemplar Network, Mr. Brian O'Donohoe, Managing Director, Imagine Communications Group, said that WiMax and Exemplar can create a partnership to propel Ireland towards new job creation by inward investments and enable entrepreneurs to set up world-class businesses across Ireland.

In the near future, WiMax and Exemplar will also create the opportunity for teleworking at a level that has not been possible to date. High level teleworking will have hugely positive benefits for Ireland, not just in facilitating a higher quality and greener working environment, but also in attracting an increasing number of businesses who find flexible working essential.

"Imagine is currently rolling out a 4G high speed broadband and phone network across Ireland to cater for the ever increasing demand for high speed, high quality broadband from Irish businesses and consumers," Mr. O'Donohoe said.

"The Exemplar network, with its world leading backhaul speeds, will provide the perfect partner for our 4G WiMax network. So in reality, we are now witnessing Ireland's transformation to the forefront of the digital technology revolution," he said.

The Exemplar network is being built by Intune Networks, the Dublin-based developer of high-performance laser technology for the telecoms industry.

The investment adds to Intune's recent EUR22million funding round which will be used to complete the development and commercialisation of its high performance optical data switch technology.

Imagine is investing EUR100million rolling out the first national 4G WiMax network in Europe this year, with the support of Intel and Motorola, to enable faster Internet speeds and better phone services at low prices.

Imagine's 4G WiMax is leading the way in changing Ireland's over-reliance on the outmoded and over-exploited 3G network for broadband access.

    For further information, please contact:
    Ben Kealy, Imagine Communications, +353(0)86-774-1999.
    Media enquiries: [email protected]

SOURCE Imagine Communications