Pat Phelan: Bits, bytes and telecomsMobile, Roaming and Social Media

Vodafone Sure Signal arrived last week but with travel and time issues I haven’t had time to test until tonight, before we begin Vodafone gave me this device which honestly is nether here nor there because if they took it back I would go straight out and buy one. Sure Signal uses your broadband line to give you [...]

A nice little gift dropped in my hands today, the new Blackberry 9700 from Vodafone Ireland. I have been watching Vodafone closely lately and have been to a few of their events, I really like their new slogan “Best Performing mobile broadband” so to stick with that I would like the best comment involving the [...]

I think my stance on vouchers and location is well known, I am delighted to see it coming to Ireland and now its possible to market your venue based on location using Foursquare. Imagine being able to compete against the “coffee shop” around the corner by offering a free “Top-Up”. So how do you do [...]

I was dismayed over the weekend at Ireland’s non Cead Mile Failte to But Colin Zwirko, 21, Gavin Sides, 19, and Ben Whitehurst, 21 after they were refused entry to Ireland at Dublin Airport customs. I had heard the story brewing over the week and as (hopefully) an ambassador for all things Irish decided to [...]