The telecommunications market in Ireland, including the provision of telecommunications infrastructure, has been fully liberalised since 1999 and since then, has been regulated by the Commission for Energy Regulation (ComReg) and its predecessor, the Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation. ComReg gathers data from telecommunications data service providers and publishes data reports in an aggregated form where appropriate on a quarterly basis to meet confidentiality requirements http://www.comreg.ie/. The most recent report, for the second quarter of 2011, reports on electronic communications connection types by reference to Internet connections. There were 1,662,471 Internet connections at the end of June 2011. Fixed wire connections, including both narrowband and broadband connections, were 762,851 or 46% of all connections, followed by mobile connections at 583,755 or 35%, cable connections at 228,595 or 14%, fixed wireless connections of 78,299 or 5% followed by others, which includes both fibre and satellite connections at 8,971 or approximately to 0.5% of all Internet connections. The ComReg report does not distinguish between fibre and satellite connections. Fibre optic would also contribute a significant element within core telecommunications networks and reaching out to the level of backhaul services. However, the ComReg reports do not quantify the contribution by fibre optic or other technologies within communications networks.