Eir says it plans to remove all pay phones but ComReg has extended obligation to provide them

The telecoms regulator is in a row with Eir, the country’s largest telecom firm, about whether it should be obliged to provide public pay phones.

Eir says it plans to remove all pay phones but ComReg has extended obligation to provide them

Eir has said it will remove all public and private pay phones “over time, and on a case-by-case basis”, if it is no longer designated as a universal provider of such a service by ComReg.

Eir says the operation and maintenance of public and private pay phones is now uneconomic.

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