TIF presentation to
Oireachtas Committee on Transport and
Communications
8 July 2015
TIF
Telecommunications and Internet Federation (TIF) :
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The Ibec representative body for the telecommunications industry in Ireland
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Members include all companies making significant investments in telecoms
infrastructure
Vision:
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An innovative and competitive industry that maximises the potential social and
economic benefits of advanced telecommunications networks and services
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Contribution to society
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A selection of industry corporate social responsibility initiatives include:
 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition
 eircom Special Olympics partnership
 Sky Sports Living for Sport schools partnership
 Three Headstart/Down Syndrome Centre partnership
 UPC CoderDojo partnership
 Vodafone Young Social Innovators partnership
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Irish Cellular Industry Association (ICIA) Code of Practice for the safe and
responsible use of mobile services
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ICIA’s Parent’s Guide to Mobile Phones
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TIF/Samaritans partnership
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In March 2014 Samaritans Ireland launched 116 123, a new free to call ComReg
assigned European number for an emotional support helpline.
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Through TIF, the telecoms industry entered into a voluntary partnership with
the Samaritans to plan for the new number and to fund incoming calls for a two
year period from March 2014. The contribution by each operator depends on
call volumes.
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The partnership involves BT, eircom/Meteor, Three, UPC and Vodafone. Now
that it is a telecoms provider Sky Ireland has agreed in principle to join.
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