Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am referring to 3G and that is probably the essence of the problem. The Irish population had 99% coverage provided by their mobile telephone operators when they used the traditional mobile telephones. Is Mr. Chisholm saying that 14% of those who have moved to 3G have now been told to get lost and are not covered under the licence? I am unhappy about that. Why did the licence provided by the Commission for Communications Regulation allow the mobile operator to only provide signal coverage for 85%? The remaining 15% who bought 3G telephones in good faith are unable to get the adequate signal they enjoyed with their previous mobile telephone.

I may have answered my own question on why the signal has deteriorated. It is my fault that I did not notice the difference between the 3G licence and the earlier one for 2G. Most people use an ordinary mobile telephone for texting.