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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 14 January 2021 |
| Headquarters | Ireland |
Area served | Ireland |
| Products | Mobile telecommunications products and services |
| Owner | Vodafone |
| Website | clearmobile |
Clear Mobile is a mobile telephone network running as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) using Vodafone's Irish network. Vodafone owns Clear Mobile. Clear Mobile was launched on 14 January 2021. [1]
Since launch, Clear Mobile has offered one product, which is a sim-only mobile contract. The package is post-paid and includes unlimited calls to Irish mobiles and landlines, unlimited texts to Irish mobiles, unlimited 4G data with a maximum download speed of 5 Mbit/s and 10 GB EU data. [2] [3]
Clear Mobile has no customer service phone lines. All support is via social media and online channels.
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