BT is to sell it’s fixed line broadband customers in Ireland to Vodafone in a deal estimated to be worth around £4.1 million.
Before the deal can be done though it will need to be looked into by the competitions committee as if the sale goes ahead it will make Vodafone the second largest fixed line broadband provider in Ireland with 170,000 customers and a 15% share of the broadband market in Ireland.
Investment is also to be made to install ADSL2+ technology that can provide broadband speeds of up to 24Mb. BT will also be looking to unbundle 58 telephone exchanges so other providers can install their own equipment into them.