Telefónica Ireland was a broadband and telecommunications provider in Ireland that traded under the O2 brand (typeset as O2). O2 Ireland was previously called Esat Digifone when it was owned by Esat Telecommunications (and Telenor) from 1997 to 2006.

It is alleged that as a result of benefits extended to Michael Lowry by Denis O'Brien that Esat Digifone was given an unfair advantage in the procurement of a mobile phone operator's licence. [1] The Moriarty Tribunal found evidence of collusion between Lowry and O'Brien: "There are three significant findings which are largely beyond dispute ...

2023年7月17日 · Persona Digital Telephony Ltd and Sigma Wireless Networks Ltd are suing the state and businessman Denis O’Brien over the awarding of the licence to Mr O’Brien’s then Esat Digifone consortium in the mid-1990s.

1996年12月4日 · Up against some of the biggest names in the telecommunications world, Esat Digifone emerged as the clear winner, according to the then Minister for Communications, Mr Lowry. The two main...

2023年4月29日 · The demand from the Department of Communications covered any paper or electronic documents spanning 13 years between 1990 and 2002 involving either the licence won by Mr O’Brien’s Esat Digifone...

1998年2月6日 · Justice Geoghegan delivered the 6th day of February,1998. The first named Defendant is planning to erect an operate under licence a cellular mobile and personal communication base station at Easkey, Co. Sligo. The site of the proposed base station and mast is within the territory of the Garda Station in Easkey.

2019年11月1日 · Documents detailing communications between businessman Denis O'Brien and others relating to the award of the second mobile phone licence in 1996 must be disclosed as part of a legal action over the...

2023年7月17日 · 22-year-old Esat Digifone court case edges closer to trial 2023-07-17 - By Helen Bruce Courts Correspond­ent [email protected] A 22-YEAR-OLD court case over alleged corruption in the awarding of the country’s lucrative second mobile phone licence is finally edging closer to trial, following a ruling about which documents should be ...

Digifone is the second mobile telephony operator in Ireland. It does not have any operations outside Ireland. Esat Digifone is currently jointly controlled by BT and the Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor AS3. Telenor holds a 49.5% stake in Esat Digifone, the remaining 50.5% shareholding is held directly or indirectly by BT. III.

2011年3月22日 · The Moriarty Tribunal has published its report into the awarding of the second mobile phone licence to Esat Digifone in 1996.