Laois is the county with the highest level of fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband coverage at 89%, according to new figures from Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg).
The latest Electronic Communications Sector Quarterly Report shows that Dublin has the highest level of FTTP and/or cable coverage at 92%.
Leitrim has the fastest growing FTTP coverage within the last year, with a 29 percentage point increase compared to last year.
Fixed broadband subscriber lines increased to 1.68 million, a 0.6% increase this quarter and an increase of 2.6% compared to the third quarter of 2023.
Of these, over 817,000 were FTTP subscriber lines representing 48.5% of total fixed broadband subscriber lines in the third quarter of the year.
FTTP is the most purchased broadband technology and available at 71% of all premises, as measured by Eircodes.
On a monthly basis an average residential fixed broadband subscriber line used 448.9 GB of data, an increase of 11% since the third quarter of last year.
Meanwhile, today's ComReg figures show that total mobile subscriptions, including mobile broadband and machine-to-machine (M2M)), increased to 10.1 million.
This was driven by a rise in bill pay subscriptions which represent 75% of all mobile subscriptions.
5G subscribers increased to 1.82 million, up 30% since last year.
On a monthly basis an average mobile voice subscriber used 160 minutes which is a 4.7% annual decrease, sent 34 texts which is 13% down on last year, and used 18GB of data which is 5.9% annual increase.
