The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) today released its Quarterly Key Data Report on the Electronic Communications market for the period 1 April to 30 June 2026 (Q2).
Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) subscriber lines stand at 1,133,964 million in Q2 2026, representing 63% of total fixed broadband subscriber lines, up from 56% in Q2 2025. Overall, fixed broadband subscriber lines increased to 1.79 million, an increase of 4% compared to Q2 2025.
5G subscribers increased to 3.3 million in Q2 2026, an increase of 54% since Q2 2025. Total mobile subscriptions (including mobile broadband and machine-to-machine (M2M) increased to 11 million in Q2 2026 – driven by a rise in bill pay subscriptions which represent 79% of all mobile subscriptions.
On a monthly basis an average mobile voice subscriber used 136 minutes, sent 30 texts (5% annual decrease), and used 22.8GB of data (16% annual increase).
ComReg’s Open Data Map Hub includes Q2 data on Coverage and Take-Up of Gigabit Broadband (FTTP and Cable) by County, Electoral Division and other geographical areas across Ireland. The county with the highest level of FTTP coverage is Westmeath at 95%, Westmeath and Longford have the highest level of Gigabit coverage at 96%.
FTTP is the most purchased broadband technology and is available at 87% of all premises in Ireland. Gigabit broadband is available at 92% of all premises in Ireland. Every county had at least 80% FTTP coverage at the end of Q2.
In terms of FTTP take-up, 53% of all premises with FTTP available had an active FTTP service at the end of Q2 2026, up from 50% in Q2 2025.
On a monthly basis an average residential fixed broadband subscriber line used 576 GB of data, an increase of 16% since Q2 2025. Businesses have used 397 GB of data, an increase of 12% compared to Q2 2025.
In Q2 2026, approximately 73% of fixed broadband subscriber lines had purchased broadband with speeds greater or equal to 500Mbps, up from 69% in Q2 2025, while 27% purchased broadband speeds greater than or equal to 1Gbps. Of the 1,133,964 FTTP subscriber lines, 92% have broadband speeds greater than or equal to 500 Mbps.
The Quarterly Key Data Report for Q2 2026 is available on the ComReg publications page.
The full set of data and associated map visualisations and charts is available on the ComReg data portal.
