Ireland (country regulation overview)

Publication Date	June 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	24
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00184

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Summary

In June 2003 ComReg awarded 70 organisations with general and basic licences to provide telecoms network services in Ireland. However, Irish incumbent Eircom remains in a strong market position.

Content

Overview
Fixed market overview
Mobile market overview
Broadband market overview
Mobile broadband
National regulatory authority
Key legislation and regulation
Mobile licensing
3G licences
Retail regulation
Retail regulation obligations
VoIP regulation
Wholesale fixed regulation
Services subject to regulation
Narrowband voice interconnection
Fixed wholesale call origination
Fixed wholesale call termination
Basis for setting charges
Procedure for setting and reviewing charges
Format of charges
Fixed number portability
Wholesale access
Wholesale line rental (WLR)
Bundling regulation
Local loop unbundling
Wholesale broadband services
Next-generation networks
Wholesale mobile regulation
Mobile operators' obligations
Mobile termination charges
3 Ireland
Mobile origination access and MVNOs
Mobile number portability
Services subject to regulation
Spectrum policy
Liberalisation of GSM900 bands
Digital dividend
Spectrum release for wireless broadband
Other bands: recent and current spectrum release
Competition cases
Cases pending
Universal service
Universal service obligations
National broadband scheme
Appendix
The EC's market definitions
List of Tables
- Table 1: Broadband subscribers in Ireland
- Table 2: 3G licences issued in Ireland
- Table 3: Mobile operators in Ireland (4Q08)
- Table 4: Summary of deregulation on retail fixed calls market
- Table 5: Fixed line sector: services subject to regulation
- Table 6: Glidepath for Vodafone, Meteor and O2: target blended maximum MTRs (??? cents)
- Table 7: Target blended maximum MTRs for 3 Ireland (??? cents)
- Table 8: Mobile sector: services subject to regulation
- Table 9: 3 Ireland broadband speeds in NBS area
- Table 10: Required rollout schedule
- Table 11: The EC's definition of seven markets to be analysed
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Liberalisation of GSM 900MHz spectrum in Ireland
- Figure 2: Spectrum released in 26GHz in 2008