Mobile service eyes 6% share

Carphone Warehouse is targeting a 6% share of Ireland’s mobile phone operator market by 2020.

During the summer, the company announced plans to launch its own mobile phone service, using the 3 Ireland network, via a mobile virtual network operator agreement, adding that it would launch during 2015.

Yesterday, that plan — which should see Ireland’s newest service provider go live next July — progressed significantly with Carphone Warehouse announcing a €6m investment in a new data centre, set to open in January, which will power its new service.