Eir adds broadband and mobile customers as earnings remained flat

The first quarter saw Eir pass 1.5m homes and businesses with its fibre network. 

Telecoms firm Eir increased its customer base over the past year, adding 95,000 mobile customers and 14,000 home broadband users as earnings remained flat.

Revenues in the first quarter rose by 1% or €3m to €316m, while EBITDA of €138m remained stable year on year. 

The company's total fibre broadband base increased by 2% to 898,000 customers, and Eir’s postpay mobile customers increased by 95,000 to 1,317,000 customers. 

Eir CEO Oliver Loomes said the first quarter saw them pass 1.5m homes and businesses with their fibre network. 

"Our strategy of sustained network investment and customer focus continues to yield results, reflected in the growth of both our mobile and fibre broadband bases. With 1.6m mobile customers - an increase of 78,000 year on year - and just under 900,000 customers on our fibre network, we are consolidating our position as Ireland’s leading connectivity provider," he said.

Eir CFO Stephen Tighe said their first quarter performance was in line with expectations. "We saw growth across the fibre broadband base and in total mobile customers, with a further increase seen in the multi-play bundling of eir fixed households."

“We have continued rolling out our fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and 5G technologies as part of our €2bn capital investment programme. Both our fibre rollout and our 5G networks continue to expand at pace."