A quick glance at some Irish & European data just published by Comreg, Ireland's Communications Regulator, in its latest report:
140% – the level of mobile penetration in Italy & Greece (EU high), compared with 88% in France (EU low), and EU average of 108%
74% – number of pre-paid mobile users as percentage of total Irish mobile users
Breakdown by operator(post-paid/pre-paid) Vodafone(26/74), O2(32/68), Meteor(12/88), 3 Ireland(35/65), Tesco Mobile(0/100)
28% – data revenue as percentage of total mobile revenue in Austria (EU high), compared with 12% in Greece (EU low), and EU average of 19%
7.58 billion – the number of text messages sent by Irish users in 2007
Averaged at approx 5 messages per subscriber per day for last quarter 2007
€44 – ARPU in Ireland, the highest in the EU, compared with EU average of €27, and €18 in Germany (EU lowest)
44% – growth in mobile broadband usage in Ireland in the last quarter of 2007
The full report is available from comreg.
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