Magnet Networks is an Irish company providing telephone, television and broadband internet via subscription over an optical fiber-HFC cable network.
Magnet Networks was launched in Dublin in 2004,
and is wholly owned by the US-based international investment company Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC).
As of 2020, Magnet Networks reportedly had approximately 100 staff.
Magnet Entertainment is the home services division of Magnet Networks. Home services include
digital telephony
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,
digital television
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative adva ...
,
video on demand
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, and
broadband internet.
Magnet Business, partnered with
Industria, provides
DSL
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internet access and
VoIP
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telephony to businesses. As of 2016, Magnet Business was reportedly the "third-largest business telecoms provider" in Ireland.
Magnet Network's competitors in Ireland include
Virgin Media Ireland
Virgin Media Ireland is Liberty Global's telecommunications operation in Ireland. It is the largest digital cable television provider within the country. As of 31 December 2014, the company offers broadband internet, digital television and d ...
,
Sky Ireland
Sky Ireland Limited is a subsidiary of Comcast-owned Sky and supplies television, internet and telephony services in Ireland.
Its corporate headquarters are in Dublin which were opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny on 18 January 2013.
Sky Ireland ...
and
eir
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.
As of February 2020, Magnet's "interim managing director" was Dave Brewer (of parent organisation CVC).
References
External links
* {{official, https://www.magnetnetworks.com/
Telecommunications companies of Ireland