Next Generation: Ireland's New Digital Economy

Next Generation: Ireland's New Digital Economy

DUBLIN, July 15, 2010--

    - 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: press@modelpr.ie

Source: Imagine Communications

For further information, please contact: Ben Kealy, Imagine Communications, +353(0)86-774-1999, Media enquiries: press@modelpr.ie