Vodafone’s Irish users pay 72% more

VODAFONE’s Irish customers are paying 72% more on average than the company’s German customers, it emerged yesterday.

Europe’s largest mobile phone company, which has 57% of the Irish market, topped all forecasts yesterday as pre-tax profits rose 41% to £4.25bn but after exceptionals the company made a loss in the first half to the end of September of £4.3bn.

However, the figures also disclose that Vodafone’s 1.7 million Irish customers are the biggest revenue earners for the group in Europe.