Overall service revenue growth however, accelerated slightly quarter-on-quarter to 2.5%, helped by Turkey, where high inflation is providing a boost, and Britain.Vodafone said its German TV customer base fell by 79,000 while its cable broadband service saw a 34,000 decline after regulatory changes ended processes like automatic recontracting, resulting in a 0.5% decline in service revenue in the country.
He said in November he was pursuing consolidation in a number of Vodafone's European markets, as well as opportunities for its towers business, Vantage Towers. Vodafone Ireland results show that service revenue for the first quarter reached €210M, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year driven by continued growth in mobile and fixed broadband.
"It has been another strong quarter with growth across all our business areas," said Anne O'Leary, CEO of Vodafone Ireland.