Vodafone Ireland owns and operates its own mobile infrastructure and backhaul capacity, with fixed access primarily via wholesale partnerships like the SIRO FTTH joint venture (50% owned with ESB) (Source), (Source).
Ireland
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Organization: Any kind of organization. The Organization class represents a kind of Agent corresponding to social instititutions such as companies, societies etc.
About
Founded 2001 via acquisition of Eircell, with major milestones including €80 million Perlico fixed-line acquisition in 2007, BT Ireland consumer operations transfer in 2009, SIRO FTTH joint venture launch in 2015 with €450 million initial investment (expanded to over €1 billion by 2022), and wholesale access deal with Virgin Media Ireland FTTP in 2022 (Source), (Source), (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
Vodafone Ireland is not retail-only; it co-owns and co-operates the SIRO FTTH network in addition to retail sales (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
Vodafone Ireland is not wholesale-only; it sells retail directly to over 500,000 fixed broadband customers via bundled fixed/mobile offerings (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
Vodafone Ireland is not business-only; it offers services to both residential consumers and businesses (Source).
Vodafone Ireland co-owns (50% joint ownership via SIRO JV with ESB) and co-operates the SIRO FTTP network infrastructure (launched in 2015 with €450 million initial investment, expanded to over €1 billion by 2022) (Source), (Source), (Source), (Source).
Vodafone Ireland sells fixed broadband services over Virgin Media Vodafone Ireland FTTP network via wholesale agreement (wholesale access deal signed in 2022) (Source), (Source).