Ireland (country regulation overview)

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