Eircom announces €240m group operating profit

Eircom has announced a group operating profit of €240m for the 12 months to March 31.

Eircom - which owns mobile operator Meteor said mobile subscriber numbers were up 33% in the past 12 months to 832,000. In the past quarter, 29,000 new subscribers joined Meteor, and as of 16 May 2007 there are 849,000 mobile subscribers.