Vodafone Ireland revenues rise as group starts year well

Vodafone has reported a 1.1% year-on-year increase in its Irish revenues for the first quarter of its current financial year, with customer numbers, here, rising by nearly 7%.

It represents a good start to the year for Vodafone Ireland which had seen its yearly revenues for the 12 months to the end of March dip below the €1bn mark and customer numbers slip under the two million mark.

In the three months to the end of June, Vodafone Ireland generated service revenue of €235.1m, up 1.1% on the same period last year and ahead by 2.3% on the final quarter of the last financial year. Customer numbers grew by 6.9% or 264,000 subscriptions.