Three Ireland is on course to bring 5G phone coverage to Ireland next year, beating rivals Vodafone and Eir in the battle to make smartphones faster and more powerful.

Three Ireland has been hit with a €575,000 fine for breaching the rules that govern changes to customers’ contracts and switching.

One of three mobile phone companies recently criticised by a Labour TD has agreed to meet with community representatives in Clare to discuss coverage issues.

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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has today issued seven Compliance Notices issued to telecoms providers.

Three Ireland is to hike monthly phone bills for some customers by 25%.

Data Protection Minister Dara Murphy says network outages such as that which affected up to 1.5 million Three Ireland customers on Monday are “unacceptable” and highlight the need for greater investment in mobile phone network capacity.

Mobile communications company, Three Ireland has promised to offer “strong and effective remedies” to address European Commission concerns into its proposed takeover of rival network provider, O2 Ireland, ahead of a formal ruling on the deal at the end of April.