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    • Mobile Coverage and Ireland: Not a Match
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Eir overhauls its mobile plans, giving customers more data than ever

Eir has launched a range of new bill pay, sim only and broadband bundles, representing a change in strategy within the company.
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Credit: Independent.ie
Published 03/08/18 
Eir, Ireland's largest total communications provider, has announced the introduction of a portfolio of new bill pay and mobile plans. This comes as the company continues a transformation following the takeover by Xavier Niel, a French Billionaire, earlier this year.

The new plans replace Eir's older offerings and provide much greater value. Each of the new bill pay and sim only plans provide customers with significantly more data to enjoy than what was previously available. Whats more, the new plans benefit existing Eir broadband customers who can avail of discounts on the new plans. This bolsters Eir's quad-play offering and ecosystem of services which includes mobile, broadband, TV and landline.

The introduction of these new plans also coincides with a visual redesign of Eir's website, which is now less flashy and more modern.

New Bill Pay Plans

For new customers
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For existing customers
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Eir has abandoned its dated bill pay offerings, which included four plans, and replaced them with three new plans. The most expensive plan, costing €70 monthly for new customers and €60 monthly for existing customers gives you 60GB of data to enjoy. The plan also includes unlimited calls and texts, 600 international minutes and texts and the ability to use your full domestic data allowance in the EU, something that was previously only available to Vodafone customers. As a matter of comparison, Vodafone's €80 monthly bill pay plan gives customers only 30GB to use. With this plan, Eir customers can enjoy the same data allowance that is available with Three.

There is also a more moderately priced €55 monthly plan for new customers and €45 for existing customers which gives you 40GB of data to enjoy, unlimited calls and texts and the ability to use your full domestic data allowance in the EU. The least expensive plan costs €40 for new customers and €30 for existing customers, providing 10GB of data and unlimited texts, 200 minutes, and the ability to use your full domestic data allowance in the EU.

All of these bill pay plans give you the ability to use Eir Sport and Hayu on your mobile for free and lock you to Eir for twenty-four months. You can also benefit from WiFi Calling, which allows customers to make a call even when there is no network signal available.

New Sim Only Plans

For new customers
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For existing customers
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The new sim only plans, shown above, offer free Eir Sport and Hayu access on your phone. The plans also give customers the ability to use their full domestic data allowance in the EU.

​For €35 monthly for new customers, and €25 monthly for existing customers, you can enjoy 50GB of data combined with unlimited calls and texts, and 200 international minutes and texts. The cheaper plan, costing €20 for the first six months for new customers (rising to €30 thereafter) and €14.99 for existing customers for the first six months (rising to €25 thereafter), gives you 25GB of data to enjoy and unlimited calls and texts.

As these plans are sim only, you can enjoy the flexibility that a 30-day contract provides. Comparing these plans to those offered by Vodafone, which provides only 5GB of data for €30, it is easy to see which is the better option. The plans are also competitive with Three's 60GB sim only offering for €30 monthly. Without a doubt, if you are an existing Eir broadband customer, these should be your mobile plans of choice.

New Broadband Bundles

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Eir is Ireland's largest broadband provider, and you will be happy to learn that the company has overhauled some of its broadband plans also. The new bundles, shown above, offer a combination of broadband and mobile, TV or landline. Each of the bundles includes free access to Eir Sport and a twelve-month contract.

The best plan, which bundles broadband and landline, costs €40 for twelve months, rising to €60 after twelve months if you wish to continue with the plan. There is also a plan that bundles Eir's TV service, Eir Vision, with broadband for €55 monthly for the first twelve months, rising to €75 thereafter.

Change is in the Eir

These overhauled plans represent a change in strategy within Eir, and a desire to become more competitive. Eir's mobile division is the smallest amongst Ireland's three mobile networks and enjoys the lowest average revenue per user of the three. As mentioned, these new plans put those offered by Vodafone to shame and are competitive with Three's offerings.

Perhaps the most important change with these plans is the excellent discounts that are available to existing Eir broadband customers. These discounts will likely result in more of Eir's broadband base also choosing the company for mobile. It is also encouraging to see Eir giving customers the ability to use their full domestic data allowance in the EU on the new plans.

Undoubtedly, these plans will bring more competition to Vodafone and Three, and that will directly benefit consumers in Ireland.

NB-IoT Explained: The Network that Vodafone hopes will connect everything

​As the Internet of Things continues to grow at a phenomenal pace, Vodafone wants a piece of the pie, prompting the launch of NB-IoT across Europe.
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  • Home
  • Fixed
    • Exploring the Edge and the Future of a Decentralised Internet
    • Messing with the National Broadband Plan is a perilous precedent for Ireland
    • How Fibre is shaping 5G
    • Examining the viability of FWA in the 5G Era
    • The Changing Face of Broadband in Ireland
    • Dismantling the Optics of a National Broadband Plan fraught with trouble
    • Ireland's Gigabit Society is now within an arm's reach
    • The Merits of a Hybrid Broadband Network
    • Fibre: The Electricity of Tomorrow
    • The National Broadband Plan: Needlessly corrupted by Politics
    • Investigating the alternatives to Fibre Broadband in Ireland
    • Virgin Media: The Company that changed how we think about Broadband in Ireland
    • The Evolution of Quad-Play Services
    • An Analysis of Net Neutrality in Ireland: Why we are Particularly Vulnerable to its Eradication
    • The Best Mobile Broadband Plans in Ireland
    • eir: Few Companies have this much Potential
    • The National Broadband Plan: A Dream marred by Mistakes
    • How SIRO is revolutionising Ireland
    • The Best Fibre Broadband Only Plans
  • Mobile
    • Analysis: Vodafone goes unlimited in Ireland
    • A Breath of Fresh Eir
    • Understanding VoLTE: The Voice of Tomorrow
    • Your Technical Guide to WiFi Calling in Ireland.
    • Mapping Ireland and Europe's path to 5G
    • 5G and the Divide Divide haunting Ireland
    • Busting three myths thwarting the IoT
    • The MVNO model is ripe for disruption
    • Pest Pulse is using the IoT to tackle an old problem in a new way
    • The trends that will shape Ireland's Mobile Market in 2019
    • Mobile Coverage and Ireland: Not a Match
    • An Interview with the man building Ireland's largest IoT Network: Will Ferguson
    • The State of the IoT in Ireland
    • The Struggle to Monetise Data
    • In Ireland, Huawei finds a home with Three and eir, rebelling against "Security Concerns"
    • Revealed: The Irish Network with the Best 4G Coverage 2018
    • How are we tackling Coverage Black Spots in Ireland?
    • Breaking Down ComReg's latest Report on the Irish Mobile Market
    • The Shift from Growth to Retention in the Irish Telecoms Market
    • Five Challenges that the IoT is facing
    • Why ComReg is Vital for a Successful Telecoms Industry in Ireland
    • Tesco Mobile passes 400,000 Customers and adds 4G
    • How our Mobile Providers are facilitating surging Data Traffic
    • Eight Industries that are being transformed by Sigfox
    • Vodafone Review: The Best Network in Ireland keeps getting Better
    • Why will 5G be faster than 4G?
    • Is Xavier Niel on the verge of shaking up the Irish Mobile Market with Eir
    • Eir overhauls its mobile plans, giving customers more data than ever
    • NB-IoT Explained: The Technology that Vodafone hopes will connect everything
    • The MVNO Flop: Why Ireland's MVNOs have failed to make an impact
    • Explained: Why Telecoms and Media Giants are Merging
    • The Power of Sigfox: Pioneering the IoT Revolution
    • Vodafone Ireland launches "V by Vodafone", bringing the Internet of Things to the masses
    • The IoT Revolution: Connecting Everything
    • The Unlimited Delusion: When Unlimited means Limited
    • The Best Mobile Plans for your Business
    • The Best Bill Pay Plans in Ireland
    • The Best Pay as you go Plans in Ireland
    • Was the Three-O2 Merger a Mistake?
    • The State of Irish Mobile Networks: Summer 2018
    • Vodafone killed Cherry Points: A Mistake?
    • Here's how 5G will transform Ireland
    • Three just stormed past Eir
    • An analysis of Ireland's big three Mobile Networks
    • How Cheap can our Mobile Plans Get?
    • Net Neutrality: More than the Internet is at stake
    • Here's why Vodafone's pay as you go plans are the best out there.
    • iD Mobile's Demise is hardly a surprise
    • The Battle for 5G Supremacy
    • Unlimited Data is only as good as the Network it's on.
  • Reviews
    • eir Mobile Review: Not the Network to choose in 2018
    • Invoxia GPS Tracker Review: Elegance boasts Phenomenal Battery Life
    • Three Review: The Best Value Network in Ireland
    • Sennheiser AMBEO Smart Headset Review:
    • Vodafone TV Review: Redefining what we think of TV
    • Vodafone Mobile Broadband Review: Connecting the Disconnected
    • 3Plus Review: The Best Loyalty Program Out There
    • 3 Sim Only Review: World-Class Value
    • Tesco Mobile Review: The Best network for the Frugal
    • Three Review: All you can Eat Buffering
    • Vodafone Review: The Network to Beat
    • Meteor Review: Excellence Exemplified
    • Should Virgin Media be your next Mobile Network?
    • Samsung Galaxy S8: The Pinnacle of Smartphone Advancement
    • Huawei P10: The Best phone people don't know about
    • Vodafone Smart Platinum 7.
    • Vodafone Smart Prime 7.