Apple's iPhone will be available to Irish customers from March 14.
Users will have to subscribe to O2 Ireland's service, as the company will be the exclusive carrier. The prices will range from €399 to €499. The monthly tariffs will start at €45. The iPhone has a touch-screen and combines a phone, an iPod and internet.
O2 made the announcement as it reported results for the final quarter of last year. Service revenue was up 3.7% on the same quarter a year earlier to €231m. Customer numbers moved up to 1.646m, up by just under 1% on the same period a year earlier.
Monthly average revenue per user was €45.70, down from €47 in Q3 but up from €45 a year earlier. O2 now has 41,000 broadband subscribers. Chief financial officer Paul Whelan said the Irish mobile market continued to be 'extremely competitive' and challenging.
