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Using your mobile outside the EU

It can be significantly more expensive to use your phone outside the EU. However, you can minimise your costs by choosing the best options before you leave home. Roaming costs...

Regulated Markets

A brief description of each SMP regulated market is provided below. Specific ComReg decisions relating to each of these markets is available. ComReg identifies how these markets relate to the...

Procurement

How we spend The Commission for Communications Regulation from time to time awards contracts for the supply of goods and services. Our aim is to achieve value for money and...

About 5G

The evolution of mobile technology Mobile technologies and services have evolved steadily over the past three decades and continue to do so. Ireland’s first “2G” mobile network was launched in...

Directory Enquiry Services

What is a directory enquiry service? A directory enquiry service provides contact information and/or onward telephone connection to an individual or business telephone number that is listed in the National...

Roaming in the EU

Since June 2017, Irish consumers travelling within any EU country have been able to use their mobile phone to ‘Roam like at home’.   This means that you can make...

BEREC moves forward on future monitoring of mobile and net neutrality issues and publishes a statement on NRAs competencies

BEREC Press Release During the last plenary meetings, BEREC decided to launch several public consultations on: a report analysing the impact of content and devices on the telecoms market, a...

Non-Geographic Numbers

  Non-Geographic Numbers (NGNs) have changed: There are now only two Non-Geographic Number (NGN) ranges, 1800 Freephone and 0818 Standard Rate. The 1850, 1890, and 076 NGN ranges are...

Our Team

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) was established on 1 December 2002 and is led by a Commission of up to three Commissioners. There are currently three Commissioners – Robert...

'116' Numbers

Numbers beginning with ‘116’ has been reserved in national numbering plans for “Harmonised Services of Social Value”. Such services will be available in several EU countries but not necessarily all....

Short-Term ECS Licensing Framework

Expiry of Short-Term ECS Licences – On 1 April 2023, all Short-Term ECS Licences expired. Amendment of Three’s Short-term ECS Licence – On 1 February 2023, following a request from...

Mobile Phone & Broadband Taskforce

Established in 2016, the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce aims to identify immediate solutions to issues concerning broadband and mobile phone coverage. Likewise, the Taskforce investigates how services may be...

Access to Information on the Environment

The European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007, as amended, hereafter referred to as ‘the AIE Regulations’, give legal rights to those seeking to access information on...

Upgrading Broadband & Home Phone

In the past, home phone and internet services were only received by being connected to a socket in the wall which connects to either standard copper wires between telephone poles...

Do Not Originate List

Introduction Interested organisations are invited to submit suitable telephone numbers to a Do Not Originate list (“DNO List”) being compiled by ComReg. The following sections describe the background to and...

Resources

  Radio Equipment Regulations Combined Products – Low Voltage Directive Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations Market Surveillance Regulations Other Market Surveillance Authorities European Single Market RAPEX and ICSMS SII Annual Report 2020...

Calculator Terms and Conditions

Purpose of the ComReg Compare tools This website (“website” includes any mobile or other applications giving you access to websites) is for information purposes only. Its intended use is as...

Satellite

This licensing scheme allows the use of satellite systems to facilitate transmissions of large amounts of data as is the case with news vans (SNG). This licensing system includes fixed...

Electronic Communications

Electronic Communications Strategy 2021 – 2023 The electronic communications services (ECS) sector plays a key role in shaping Ireland’s economy and society. Today, there is virtually no part of our...

Outcomes of the 31st BEREC plenary meetings

During the 31st BEREC plenary meetings the Board of Regulators (BoR) adopted new Wholesale Roaming Guidelines and launched several public consultations on the draft BEREC Strategy 2018-2020, a draft report...