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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mobile telecommunications |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Defunct | 8 September 2017 |
| Fate | Merged into eir Mobile |
| Successor | eir Mobile |
| Headquarters | 1 Heuston South Quarter, Dublin, D08 A9RT, Ireland |
Key people | Larry Smith's (CEO) term ended in 2010 after Eircom and Meteor's retail operations were integrated. |
| Products | Mobile phone network, mobile phone services & related goods |
| Revenue | €388 million (June 2007) |
Number of employees | ~800 |
| Parent | eir |
| Website | www.meteor.ie |
Meteor Mobile Communications Limited was a GSM and UMTS mobile telecommunications company in Ireland. They operated a GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS(HSPA+) and LTE cellular communications network under licence from the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), and were the third entrant in the market, after Vodafone Ireland and Three Ireland. The company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Irish telecoms network Eir, having been purchased for €420m in 2005. Meteor was the only Irish owned mobile operator in Ireland.[1] Meteor once issued new numbers with the prefix code 085. Since the introduction of full mobile number portability in Ireland, access codes have become less relevant as mobile telephone users may now retain their mobile telephone numbers when moving between mobile network operators. As a result, Meteor customers could have numbers starting with the codes 083, 085, 086, 087, or 089.
As of September 2008, Meteor had over 1 million customers, or 20% of the market.[2]
- ^ McArdle, Deirdre (26 July 2005). "eircom to buy Meteor for €420m". The Register. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
- ^ "ENN.ie" Archived 23 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine