2. Broadband

Irish broadband penetration continues to grow, albeit at a slower rate, according to the latest quarterly research from ComReg. The total number of broadband subscriptions for the second quarter of 2011 stood at almost 1.63 million, a healthy annual increase of 8.3%.

More than half of the country’s dial-up modems were decommissioned in the previous 12 months, with a year-on-year fall in narrowband subscriptions of 55.8%. Cable broadband (such as from UPC) enjoyed the highest growth level of 32% to a total of 229,000 subscriptions, followed by mobile at 14.8% to 584,000.

While DSL broadband connections account for almost half of the market (44.8%), it has experienced a moderate yearly decline of -0.2%.

Source: ComReg Quarterly Key Data Report, September 2011

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