Broadband subscriptions accelerated in Ireland in the final three months of 2009, but overall revenues in the Irish communications market continued to fall.
The latest report from the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) shows that overall market revenues declined by 2.3 per cent to €974 million in the quarter.
The total amount of minutes spent on voice calls by Irish residents increased 1.4 per cent to more than 4.8 billion minutes. The increase was driven by an increase of 84 million minutes in mobile voice calls.
Total internet subscriptions increased to 1,571,039 during the quarter. Narrowband subscriptions fell 18.3 per cent to 127,689 as more consumers made the switch to broadband. Broadband subscriptions rose 6 per cent to 1,443,350.
The broadband penetration rate in Ireland, including the use of mobile broadband services, now stands at 32.4 per cent, while the fixed broadband penetration rate reached 21.9 per cent.
