Irish O2 customers talked for an average of 209 minutes a month on the network to the end of March, up from 197 minutes a month the previous year.

MmO2 today reported first half revenue growth ahead of expectations, but warned of a significant slowdown in the second six months of the year.

O2 Ireland, the Irish division of UK mobile giant mm02, now has 1,391,000 customers in Ireland. Numbers increased 11% in the year to the end of March.

Dutch telecoms group KPN has not ruled out a hostile bid for mobile phone group MmO2 after the latest round of takeover talks ended, reports The Irish Times today.