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ARTICLE · 19 MAY 2014

ComReg Quarterly Key Data Report

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There are no real surprises in the data published.

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There are no real surprises in the data published. Highlights include:

  • There was a continuing decline in overall industry retail revenues (€3.15 billion for the 12 months to December 2013), down 2.9% since Q4 2012
  • In line with recent trends, ARPU mobile continued to decline during 2013. Mobile ARPU at the end of December 2013 was €27 per month, compared to €29 per month at the end of December 2012  
  • Total broadband subscriptions increased to just over 1.6 million, up 1.3% compared to Q4 2012
  • Fixed voice subscriptions increased by 4.4% over the last year to just over 1.5 million subscriptions
  • While total voice traffic (in minutes) increased 0.4% in the last year, the majority of the increase was attributable to mobile voice traffic.  Fixed voice traffic on the other hand suffered a decline of 10.6% from the same period in the previous year. The figures appear to reflect the increasing attractive mobile deals available on the market, and

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