The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) today released its Quarterly Key Data Report on the Electronic Communications market for the period (1 October to 31 December), Q4 2025.
Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) subscriber lines stand at 1,050,123 million in Q4 2025, representing 59% of total fixed broadband subscriber lines, up from 51% in Q4 2024. Overall, fixed broadband subscriber lines increased to 1.76 million, an increase of 4% compared to Q4 2024.
ComReg’s Open Data Map Hub includes Q4 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 also has the highest level of Gigabit coverage at 96%.
FTTP is the most purchased broadband technology and is available at 84% of all premises in Ireland. Gigabit broadband is available at 90% of all premises in Ireland. In terms of FTTP take up, 51% of all premises with FTTP available had an active FTTP service at the end of Q4 2025.
On a monthly basis an average residential fixed broadband subscriber line used 563 GB of data, an increase of 11% since Q4 2024. Businesses have used 371 GB of data, an increase of 8% compared to Q4 2024.
In Q4 2025, approximately 71% of fixed broadband subscriber lines had purchased broadband with speeds greater or equal to 500Mbps, up from 65% in Q4 2024, while 24% purchased broadband speeds greater than or equal to 1Gbps. Of the 1,050,123 FTTP subscriber lines, 93% have broadband speeds greater than or equal to 500 Mbps.
Total mobile subscriptions (including mobile broadband and machine-to-machine (M2M) increased to 10.8 million in Q4 2025 – driven by a rise in bill pay subscriptions which represent 78% of all mobile subscriptions. 5G subscribers increased to 2.8 million in Q4 2025, an increase of 43% since Q4 2024.
On a monthly basis an average mobile voice subscriber used 150 minutes, sent 32 texts (8% annual decrease), and used 21GB of data (13% annual increase).
The Quarterly Key Data Report for Q4 2025 is available on the Quarterly Key Data Report section of ComReg.ie. The attached infographic highlights key trends from the report.
The data portal which contains the full set of data and associated map visualisations and charts is available on https://www.comreg.ie/industry/electronic-communications/data-portal/
