Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Public Accounts Committee
Imagine Communications Group
9:00 am
Mr. Sean Bolger:
Yes. It is referred to in the business as the last mile. The last mile differentiates the different solutions as such. LTE wireless has the capability of 100 Mbps and up to 300 Mbps today but at the time of tendering for the NBP, the issue was the future-proofing element of fibre to the home. The only way to achieve a future-proofed network was through fibre to the home, but with the announcement of 5G, there will be massive capacity that is also future-proofed. That capacity will be up to 20 Gbps per user. It is a very high-capacity solution that has fundamentally changed the industry. It is being used internationally and is a major driver of investment. It is an alternative to fibre to the home.
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