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3COM BRINGS THE LAST GREEN MILE TO IRELAND
3Com is bringing the last green mile, which gives domestic users wireless access to the South West Regional Authority’s broadband initiative www.swra.ie/broadband. Ildana is providing the satellite package from the ground up. The Irish towns involved in the initial project are Cahirciveen, Bantry and Dingle. However there are plans to link to all towns in the south-west region and far beyond. The project is co-funded by the European Space Agency and the results will be disseminated across Europe. The plan is to implement roaming across various hotspots so that a user travelling in Bantry in Ireland or Venice in Italy will be able to access the Internet via his/her Cahirciveen account. Their personal profile will follow them as they roam. Ray O’Connor, Country Manager 3Com Ireland, says the project will contribute to ‘proving how satellite communication can bridge the gap of the digital divide between rural and urban regions of Europe. It will be a chargeable service, but the plan is to make it at very reasonable rates,’ he says. www.3com.com