Eir

ISP Network Operator

Ireland

Valid from 1999-01-01

Organization: Any kind of organization. The Organization class represents a kind of Agent corresponding to social instititutions such as companies, societies etc.

About

Eir originates from a former state-owned monopoly (originally "Telecom Éireann"), was privatised after 1999, and over decades has remained the largest telecom operator in Ireland. In 2015 Eircom formally rebranded to "Eir", launching a 1 Gb/s (FTTH) broadband product and reworking its legacy product names under "eir Fibre", "eir Mobile", etc (Source), (Source).

Operator Characteristics

Retail-only ISP?

No
Eir is not retail-only; because Eir also owns and operates network infrastructure (so it is a network operator too) (Source).

Wholesale-only Network Operator?

No
Eir is not wholesale-only; it sells retail broadband, mobile, TV, fixed-line voice to end users (Source).

Business-only ISP?

No
Eir is not business-only; it serves residential customers as well as business and enterprise customers (Source).

Owns Networks

Eir Copper
Eir owns and operates its fixed-line copper / legacy network infrastructure (used for ADSL / VDSL / FTTC) across Ireland (Source).
Eir Fibre
Eir owns and operates its Eir Fibre (FTTH) network infrastructure (Source), (Source).
Eir Mobile
Eir owns and operates its mobile network infrastructure (2G/3G/4G/5G) (Source), (Source).

Sells Over Networks

Eir Copper
Eir sells fixed broadband services over its own fixed-line copper / legacy network (ADSL / VDSL / FTTC) (Source).
Eir Fibre
Eir sells fixed broadband services over its own Eir Fibre (FTTH) network (Source), (Source).
Eir Mobile
Eir sells mobile services over its own mobile network (2G/3G/4G/5G) under brands such as "eir Mobile" and "GoMo" (Source), (Source).
SIRO Ireland FTTP
Eir uses SIRO FTTP network (SIRO wholesale access) (Source), (Source).

Consolidations

Absorbed from: Telecom Eireann — announced 1999-01-01; completed 1999-01-01 (merged)
Telecom Éireann was privatised in 1999 and rebranded to Eircom, then Eir (Source)