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<\/a><\/p>\nAccording to Eurostat, in 2019 Ireland\u2019s household penetration rate (including fixed and mobile broadband) at 90% is slightly higher than the EU average of 89%.<\/p>\n
On a monthly basis an average fixed residential broadband subscriber used 326.7 GB of data, an increase of 73.6% since Q2 2019.<\/p>\n
In Q2 2020, approximately 79.2% of broadband subscribers had purchased broadband with speeds equal to or greater than 30Mbps. Of all fixed broadband subscriptions 39.4% of subscribers purchased broadband speeds equal to or greater than 100Mbps.<\/p>\n
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Total voice traffic minutes increased by 12.6% this quarter and were 19.1% higher than in Q2 2019. Mobile minutes form the majority of voice minutes at 83.8%, with fixed minutes representing the remaining 16.2%.\u00a0 Mobile voice minutes increased by 12.6% this quarter, while fixed voice minutes increased by 12.7%.<\/p>\n
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On a monthly basis an average mobile voice subscriber used 245.7 minutes (17.9% annual increase), sent 42 texts (-32.5% annual decrease) and used 9.2GB of data (+33.7% annual increase).<\/p>\n
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Of all mobile subscriptions, 63.4% were actively using 4G networks in Q2 2020, up from 57.5% in Q2 2019. Total mobile subscriptions (including mobile broadband and machine-to-machine(M2M)) increased to 6.74 million in Q2 2020 – driven by a rise in post pay subscriptions which now represent 65% of all mobile subscriptions.<\/p>\n
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M2M subscriptions increased to 1.35 million, a 21.7% annual increase and made up 20.1% of all mobile subscriptions in Q2 2020.<\/p>\n
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The Quarterly Key Data Report for Q2 2020 is available here: comreg.ie\/publications.<\/a>\u00a0The data portal which contains the full set of data and associated charts is available on \/industry\/electronic-communications\/data-portal\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"