Editing Meteor (mobile network) (section)

==Network==
Meteor previously had a national [[roaming]] agreement with [[O2 Ireland|O<sub>2</sub> Ireland]] which meant that, only on the westernmost areas of Ireland (where Meteor did not have coverage), a Meteor customer could use O<sub>2</sub> Ireland's network at no extra charge. This deal expired in February 2007. The final arrangement allowed Meteor customers access to the [[Vodafone Ireland]] network on the western-seabord of Ireland.

Like all other Irish operators, Meteor held a [[UMTS]] licence. They had offered nationwide [[3G]] services from 2007, but the Meteor [[3G]] network was available to 33% of the Irish population (this included the four cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and other regional centres) with very limited geographic coverage, around 15% by 2013.

They also offered [[GPRS]] (2.5G) and [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]] (2.75G) services. Their parent [[Eir (telecommunications)|eir]] won a bid for the final 3G licence, when their parent, eircom accepted this, because, [[Smart Telecom plc|Smart Mobile Ltd]]. was unable to pay for the license. Meteor continued to add [[Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution|EDGE]] capabilities to their then existing 2G network. In order to comply with the terms of licence, Meteor launched stage one (10% 3G population coverage area) from their [[UMTS]]/[[HSDPA]] Network on the end of October 2007, with the second phase having gone live to customers at the end of September 2008.

Meteor's network also offered [[4G]] services, which covered 96% of the Irish population. Meteor had Ireland's second largest 4G footprint after Vodafone.

The legal transfer of licence for UMTS services from Meteor's parent, eircom, was officially authorised on 26 June 2008 taking effect the following day.<ref>http://www.comreg.ie/_fileupload/publications/ComReg0853.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>