Industria was a multinational company with a focus on fibre to the home solutions and systems integration.
Background
Established in
Reykjavík
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,
Iceland
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in 2003, Industria offered consultancy and systems integration services for fibre to the home and
triple-play operators, installed broadband hardware and software, and offered consultancy services in the field of broadband and
telephony
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.
Industria handled the implementation of
Ireland's first massive fibre and
ADSL2+
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networks for
Magnet Networks.
Acting as a professional services provider for the
Irish Department of Communications' Regional Broadband Programme, Industria was appointed to provide professional services to in excess of 60% of the programme to date. Industria was involved in completing the design, procurement and project management of the construction of approximately 450,000 metres of
fibre optic networks in 50 cities and towns together with the design of
wireless networks
A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes.
Wireless networking is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and business installations avoid the costly process of introducing c ...
in 20 towns around
Ireland
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at a cost of approximately €70m.
Industria developed and designed a Digital Living products and services, used by property builders. The company did have big investment linked with new property developments in Ireland in 2007. During the crash in 2009 of the Irish property market, Industria was not able to fund further the fibre-to-the-home deployments as most of the company’s property development customers and partners went bankrupt. This led to Industria shutting down its operation in December 2012.
Awards
*Industria was in 2007 named by
CNBC European Business as one of the 50 key innovators among European companies.
*In 2007, Industria won a
Red Herring 100 Europe Award for its broadband software solution.
News - Industria Wins 2006 Red Herring 100 Europe Award
References
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Companies established in 2003