The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) today released its Quarterly Key Data Report on the Electronic Communications market for the period (1\u00a0July\u00a0to\u00a030\u00a0September),\u00a0Q3\u00a02025.<\/p>\n
For the first time,\u00a0Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) subscriber lines surpassed 1 million in Q3 2025, reaching 1,004,388 and\u00a0representing\u00a057% of total fixed broadband subscriber lines, up from 49% in Q3 2024. Overall, fixed broadband subscriber lines increased to 1.76 million, an increase of 4.4% compared to Q3 2024.<\/p>\n
ComReg also today\u00a0updated the\u00a0Open Data Map Hub<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0include\u00a0Q3\u00a0data\u00a0on\u00a0Coverage and Take-Up of Gigabit Broadband (FTTP and Cable) by\u00a0County, Electoral\u00a0Division\u00a0and other geographical areas\u00a0across Ireland.\u00a0The counties with the highest level of FTTP coverage are Longford and Westmeath at 94%, Westmeath has the highest level of Gigabit coverage at 96%.<\/p>\n FTTP\u00a0is the most purchased\u00a0broadband technology\u00a0and\u00a0is\u00a0available\u00a0at\u00a081%\u00a0of all\u00a0premises\u00a0in Ireland.\u00a0Gigabit\u00a0broadband is available at\u00a089%\u00a0of all\u00a0premises\u00a0in Ireland.\u00a0In terms of\u00a0FTTP\u00a0take up,\u00a051% of\u00a0all premises\u00a0with FTTP\u00a0available\u00a0had an active\u00a0FTTP service\u00a0at the end of\u00a0Q3\u00a02025.<\/p>\n On a monthly basis an average residential\u00a0fixed\u00a0broadband subscriber\u00a0line\u00a0used\u00a0518\u00a0GB\u00a0of data,\u00a0an\u00a0increase of\u00a015%\u00a0since\u00a0Q3\u00a02024.\u00a0Businesses\u00a0have used 369.2\u00a0GB of data, an increase of\u00a05%\u00a0compared to Q3\u00a02024.<\/p>\n In\u00a0Q3\u00a02025, approximately\u00a069%\u00a0of\u00a0fixed\u00a0broadband\u00a0subscriber\u00a0lines\u00a0had\u00a0purchased\u00a0broadband with speeds greater\u00a0or equal to\u00a0500Mbps,\u00a0up from\u00a059%\u00a0in\u00a0Q3\u00a02024, while\u00a022%\u00a0purchased\u00a0broadband\u00a0speeds greater than\u00a0or equal to\u00a01Gbps.\u00a0Of the\u00a01,004,388\u00a0FTTP subscriber\u00a0lines,\u00a093%\u00a0have\u00a0broadband\u00a0speeds greater\u00a0than or\u00a0equal to\u00a0500 Mbps.<\/p>\n Total mobile subscriptions (including mobile broadband and machine-to-machine\u00a0(M2M)) increased to\u00a010.7\u00a0million\u00a0in\u00a0Q3\u00a02025\u00a0– driven by a rise in\u00a0bill pay\u00a0subscriptions which\u00a0represent\u00a077% of all mobile subscriptions.\u00a05G subscribers\u00a0increased to\u00a02.4\u00a0million\u00a0in\u00a0Q3\u00a02025,\u00a0an increase of\u00a032% since\u00a0Q3\u00a02024.<\/p>\n On a monthly basis an average mobile\u00a0voice subscriber\u00a0used\u00a0150\u00a0minutes,\u00a0sent\u00a033\u00a0texts\u00a0(5%\u00a0annual\u00a0decrease), and used\u00a020GB\u00a0of data\u00a0(11%\u00a0annual\u00a0increase).<\/p>\n The Quarterly Key Data Report for\u00a0Q3\u00a02025\u00a0is available on the ComReg website\u00a0www.comreg.ie\/publications<\/a>. The data portal which\u00a0contains\u00a0the full set of data and associated\u00a0map visualisations\u00a0and\u00a0charts is available on\u00a0https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/industry\/electronic-communications\/data-portal\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) today released its Quarterly Key Data Report on the Electronic Communications market for the period (1\u00a0July\u00a0to\u00a030\u00a0September),\u00a0Q3\u00a02025. For the first … <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":136872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enforcement"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t