Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion

10:40 am

Ms Katherine Licken:

We will set the benchmark speed to be defined as next-generation access. We had a "call for inputs" consultation over the summer, indicating the speed, and we sought the thoughts of the industry and stakeholders. That will inform what the maps look like. There might be a service in an area but if we do not consider it a next generation broadband service, we would have to intervene in the area. We must demonstrate that very clearly to the European Commission and we do not take the process lightly.