eir Extends Partnership With GamerFest, Ireland’s Leading Gaming Festival

eir Extends Partnership With GamerFest, Ireland’s Leading Gaming Festival
as Ookla® Confirms eir Ireland’s Lowest Latency Broadband Provider*

eir, Ireland’s largest telecommunications provider, today announces an extension of the partnership with GamerFest, Ireland’s biggest gaming and esports festival as Official Network Partner. The event, established in 2017, will hold two events in Dublin in 2023, on May 27th & 28th and October 21st & 22nd, enabling more gamers from across Ireland to experience the future of gaming in the RDS, Dublin. The extension of the partnership comes as Ookla® confirms eir as the fixed network with the best latency, based on analysis of Speedtest Intelligence® data for fixed multi-server latency in Ireland, Q1 2023. 

eir’s low latency means gamers' actions are registered faster, giving them more time to react and make strategic decisions. Having delivered its best latency Gigabit Broadband network, capable of speeds of up to 10GB per second, to a record breaking one million homes and businesses across Ireland, eir is now the best network for gaming in Ireland.

Susan Brady, Managing Director of eir Consumer and Small Business “We’re delighted to partner with GamerFest again this year and look forward to showcasing the best possible gaming experience that the eir network enables at the events in the RDS.  The confirmation from Ookla® on the low latency of the eir network this week allows the gamers of Ireland access to a competitive advantage when gaming. Low latency is critical for gaming and with the latest technology and infrastructure, eir's network also offers lightning-fast download and upload speeds, ensuring that gamers can play their favourite games without any lag or interruption. We’re proud to deliver that to one million premises across Ireland, making eir undoubtedly the best network for gamers in Ireland.” 

Stuart Dempsey, GamerFest’s CEO: “The whole GamerFest team are proud to partner with eir. We've been blown away to see eir build out their Gigabit Fibre network to more than one million homes and businesses, which is huge news for our gaming community across Ireland as Gigabit Fibre speeds combined with the lowest latency provides an unmatched gaming experience.

Mobile gaming is also steadily increasing in popularity due to the expansion of 4G and 5G mobile technology. With eir's 5G network, gamers can rest assured that they will always have the best possible gaming experience. We’re incredibly excited to welcome visitors back to GamerFest 2023 in May and October to experience all the amazing gaming content and technology across the weekend and to partner with eir again as our Official Network Partner.”

Over the last four years eir has invested more than €1 billion in building world class connectivity infrastructure, enabling the build of Ireland’s largest Gigabit Fibre Network and Ireland’s best available 5G mobile network. eir has committed to investing a further €1 billion over four years, through to 2026 and is rolling out its Gigabit Broadband network to 1.9 million front doors, or 84% of homes and businesses, by the end of 2026. 

*Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data for fixed multi-server latency, Ireland, Q4 2022 - Q1 2023. Ookla® trademarks used under licence and reprinted with permission.