O2 Ireland customer base reaches record levels

THE Irish division of mobile communications provider, O2 saw its customer numbers reach record levels during the second quarter of this year, but saw its revenues for the same period fall.

O2 Ireland’s service revenue for the three months to the end of June amounted to €225 million — a 4.9% decline on the same period last year, which was mainly prompted by the company’s price reduction programmes.

The company’s ARPU (average revenue per user) was down to €43.2, from €43.4 in the first three months of this year. ARPU for post-pay (bill-pay) customers was down from €75.5 to €73.8 on a rolling quarter-by-quarter basis, but the figure was up marginally from €26.7 to €26.9 for pre-pay (top-up) customers.