Vodafone Ireland customer base dips by 5% despite iPhone sales boost

VODAFONE has seen its Irish customer base dip 5% to 2.14 million in the year to the end of March but has managed to sell 40,000 iPhones in just two weeks.

The mobile operator also said Irish people are the biggest texters in Europe, sending more than double the European average.

In the three months to the end of March, Vodafone’s Irish customers used 22% more texts and 1.5% more voice minutes than in the previous year’s quarter, bringing the total texts sent in the year to 4.83 billion and voice minutes to 6.42bn.