Vodafone Ireland to make heavy investment in 3.5G

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: To upgrade the national mobile network to so-called ‘3.5G’ technology, tens of millions of Euros will be spent by Vodafone’s Irish subsidiary, Vodafone Ireland. The announcement came after the parent group predicted better than expected cash flow and profits for the full-year ended March 31, 2010.

26,000 net new mobile subscribers during three months to December 31, 2009 have been made by Vodafone Ireland despite a difficult economic climate in the Republic. This raised the total to just under 2.15 million, the highest among the country’s mobile operators.

9,000 fixed line customers during the last quarter have also been added by Vodafone, bringing its total to 186,000.