Mobile & WBB-Licensed apparatus & sites

Non-confidential information is set out below on the apparatus and site locations licensed in the schedules of the mobile & wireless broadband licences. This information is updated annually for each of the following licence types:

  • 3G Licences & 2.1 GHz Band Liberalised Use Licences (2.1 GHz Band);
  • MBSA1 Liberalised Use Licences (800 MHz, 900 MHz and 1800 MHz Bands);
  • 3.6 GHz Band Liberalised Use Licences (3.6 GHz Band); and
  • MBSA2 Liberalised Use Licences (700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz Bands).

Information in Licence Schedules (apparatus and site locations)

(1) 3G Licences and 2.1 GHz Band Liberalised Use Licence (2.1 GHz Band)

The apparatus and site locations associated with the licences for the current year for Eircom Limited are provided below:

3G Licence 2023-2024 2024-2025
2.1 GHz Band Liberalised Use Licence 2023-2024

(2) MBSA1 Liberalised Use Licences (800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz Bands)

The apparatus and site locations associated with the licences for the current year for each licensee are provided below:

Eircom Limited 2023-2024 2024-2025
Three Ireland Hutchison Limited (No. 1) 2023-2024 2024-2025
Three Ireland Hutchison Limited (No. 2) 2023-2024 2024-2025
Vodafone Ireland Limited 2023-2024 2024-2025

(3)  3.6 GHz Band Liberalised Use Licence (3.6 GHz Band)

The apparatus and site locations associated with the licences for the current year for each licensee are provided below:

Dense Air Limited 2023-2024
Imagine Communications Limited 2023-2024
Eircom limited 2023-2024
Three Ireland (Hutchison) Limited 2023-2024
Vodafone Ireland Limited 2023-2024

(4)  MBSA2 Liberalised Use Licence (700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz Bands)

The apparatus and site locations associated with the licences for the current year for each licensee are provided below:

Imagine Communications Limited 2023-2024 2024-2025
Eircom Limited 2023-2024 2024-2025
Three Ireland (Hutchison) Limited 2023-2024 2024-2025
Vodafone Ireland Limited 2023-2024 2024-2025

Summary site information for each licensee per band

Based on the site information provided by the licensees in the schedules of the Mobile & WBB (MWBB) licences, the number of unique sites per licensee per band is set out in the table and Figure below.

Unique Site Count

(Q1 2024 information)

700 MHz 800 MHz 900 MHz 1800 MHz 2.1 GHz 2.3 GHz 2.6 GHz 3.6 GHz*
Dense Air 142
Eir 2371 2461 2519 1609 1607 15 358
Imagine 3 284
Three 1409 2393 2776 2195 1660 77 547
Vodafone 1349 2086 2221 1553 1067 99 300

 

*3.6 GHz information presented as it is available for Q1 2024. The 3.6 GHz Licence schedules for 2024-2025 will be updated following licence renewal in August.