Magnet Networks
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Magnet Networks is an Irish company providing telephone, television and internet services via subscription over optical fibre.
Magnet Networks was launched in Dublin on 1 December 2004, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based international investment company Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC). Magnet Networks, together with Industria
, employ roughly 100 staff at its headquarters in Dublin. Magnet Entertainment is the home services division of Magnet Networks.
Specific services include digital telephony
, digital television
, video on demand
, and broadband
, accessed through a digital gateway box installed in the home. Magnet's internet television
service, https://www.aertv.ie/, is website based. Magnet Business, partnered with Industria
provides ADSL2+ and VoIP
to businesses.
Magnet Networks was launched in Dublin on 1 December 2004, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based international investment company Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC). Magnet Networks, together with Industria
Industria (company)
Industria is an multinational company with a focus on FTTH solutions and systems integration.-Background:Established in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2003 by Guðjón Már Guðjónsson and Erling Freyr Gudmundsson, Industria offers consultancy and systems integration services for FTTH and triple-play operators,...
, employ roughly 100 staff at its headquarters in Dublin. Magnet Entertainment is the home services division of Magnet Networks.
Specific services include digital telephony
Digital telephony
Digital telephony is the use of digital electronics in the provision of digital telephone services and systems. Since the 1960s a digital core network has almost entirely replaced the old analog system, and much of the access network has also been digitized...
, digital television
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
, video on demand
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
, and broadband
Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is a high data rate, low-latency connection to the Internet— typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56 kbit/s modem or satellite Internet with inherently high latency....
, accessed through a digital gateway box installed in the home. Magnet's internet television
Internet television
Internet television is the digital distribution of television content via the Internet...
service, https://www.aertv.ie/, is website based. Magnet Business, partnered with Industria
Industria (company)
Industria is an multinational company with a focus on FTTH solutions and systems integration.-Background:Established in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2003 by Guðjón Már Guðjónsson and Erling Freyr Gudmundsson, Industria offers consultancy and systems integration services for FTTH and triple-play operators,...
provides ADSL2+ and VoIP
Voice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol is a family of technologies, methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission techniques for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol networks, such as the Internet...
to businesses.
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