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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
ComReg\u2019s Open Data Map Hub<\/a> 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%.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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).<\/p>\n The Quarterly Key Data Report for Q4 2025 is available on the Quarterly Key Data Report section<\/a> of ComReg.ie. The attached infographic highlights key trends from the report.<\/p>\n 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\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"