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The gold-coloured coin, which features an 'Irish hunter' racehorse, was used by Telecom Eireann engineers to calibrate phone boxes when a new 20p piece was issued in 1986.

Byline: pat flanagan THE privatisation of Telecom Eireann proved not only to be a disaster for the small shareholders, it also resulted in Ireland having one of the worst broadband networks in the EU.

The sale will pave the way for yet another change of ownership at eircom, the former state-owned company known as Telecom Eireann, which was first floated on the stock market in 1999.

HALF a million Irish punters are dialling up quick profits on the privatisation of Telecom Eireann.

In order to maintain our leadership position, we recognized the need for a billing and customer care software that was able to grow with our business needs," said Aidan Finnegan, CEO of Telecom Eireann Interactive Services.

He was caught after police, with the help of Telecom Eireann, put a trace on his phoneline.

The Irish Government is selling 50 pc of Telecom Eireann, Ireland's BT equivalent, valuing it at [pounds sterling]6bn through a share offer limited to subscribers.

BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1999-- Telecom Eireann Becomes First Telecommunications Company to Host VeriSmart(TM) Smart Card Application System for Financial Institutions VeriFone, the leading global provider of secure electronic payment solutions and a division of Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP), announced today that Telecom Eireann, Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks completed the first implementation of VeriFone's VeriSmart software by a telecommunications company for hosting financial institutions' smart card services.