eircom is the principal provider of fixed-line telecommunications services in Ireland with approximately 2.6 million fixed-line telephone access channels in service. Our mobile division, Meteor, which was acquired on November 23, 2005, is the third largest mobile operator in Ireland. As at June 30, 2008, Meteor had approximately 983,000 mobile subscribers. Further details of Meteor are available on their website www.meteor.ie. We had turnover of approximately €2 billion and EBITDA* of €698 million in the financial year ended June 30, 2008.

Fixed line services
According to quarterly data published by ComReg, we had a 68% market share of the Irish fixed-line market in the quarter ended June 30, 2008, based on turnover. We have the most extensive fixed-line telecommunications network in Ireland in terms of both capacity and geographic reach, and our competitors rely heavily on our infrastructure. As of June 30, 2008, we had approximately 2.6 million fixed-line access channels in service, of which approximately 1.6 million were PSTN lines and approximately 0.4 million were ISDN channels. As of June 30, 2008, approximately 593,000 PSTN lines, which were enabled for simultaneous support of PSTN and ADSL bitstream, permitting simultaneous, high-speed transmission of voice and data over our network, had been taken up by retail and wholesale customers. We are also the leading internet service provider in Ireland with approximately 611,000 customers, of which 423,000 were broadband customers, as of June 30, 2008.

Mobile services (Meteor)
Meteor is the third largest mobile operator in Ireland in terms of subscribers. As at June 30, 2008, Meteor had approximately 983,000 mobile subscribers, a subscriber base which has increased by approximately 93% since we acquired Meteor in November 2005. Meteor had a share of approximately 19% of the Irish mobile market, based on number of subscribers, as at June 30, 2008.