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Fixed broadband subscriber lines increase 3%

By September 10, 2024No Comments

Fixed broadband subscriber lines increased to 1.67 milllion between April and June, up over 3% on the same time last year.

The latest data from the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) reveals that over 45% of these lines were fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP). This was up from 35% the same time last year.

ComReg said FTTP is the most purchased broadband technology, and is available at 68% of all premises in the country, as measured by aircodes.

Meanwhile, FTTP and or cable broadband is available at 81% of all premises here.

The data shows that the average residential fixed broadband subscriber used 433.1 GB of data on a monthly basis, up 13% on the same time last year.

In terms of mobile usage, 164 mobile minutes were used on a monthly basis, down 5.2%, while 32 texts were sent, down 1% and 13.7GB of data was used, up 0.5%.

5G subscribers increased to 1.71 million in the second quarter of the year, up 32% on the same time last year.

Article Source – Fixed broadband subscriber lines increase 3% – RTE

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