Eircom lose 50,000 customers since June

SINCE the end of June, 50,000 customers have left Eircom as a result of competition in the fixed line telephone market.

Communications Regulation Commission (ComReg) chairman John Doherty gave this information when he appeared yesterday before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications.

Line rental costs have gone up by 60% since the start of deregulation in 1997, Esat BT head of pricing Michael Connolly told the committee.