Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed)
9:40 am
Mr. Torlach Denihan:
We are shooting at a moving target in terms of expectations regarding mobile telephone coverage. The expectations are higher at all times. There are ambitious plans, and major money has been allocated by the companies here today and more widely by industry to invest in 4-G roll-out and continued broadband coverage. As regards the masts, it is not so much decommissioning of masts but where masts can be located. Sometimes, due to planning decisions, they are not located in the best location and the service is less than one would like. Perhaps Mairead Cullen of Vodafone will address the deteriorating mobile telephone issue.