Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 December 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund
9:00 am
Mr. Mark Griffin:
Spectrum is what provides mobile phone or broadcasting services or, indeed, the services that are required by the emergency services. There is a commitment, at EU level, to migrate broadcasting services from what they call the 700 MHz band. That requires a capital investment by RTÉ. The 700 MHz band is particularly useful for wireless mobile broadband services. RTÉ is migrating its infrastructure and that comes at a cost of €8 million. We are providing that once-off cost, with the service level agreement, SLA, in place and all of that.
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