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)
10:10 am
Dr. Gary Healy:
On the all-Ireland point, some operators are the same North and South, such as Vodafone and O2. With regard to regulations, the regulators, Ofcom in the North and ComReg in the South, work well together. The same spectrum is awarded at the same time so we have certainty on our investment. Each operator approaches the market by offering services on an all-Ireland basis. We offer services for people to allow them to roam in the North when they do a lot of travelling between the North and the South. All operators offer those services. From the all-Ireland point of view we recognise this, but they are different jurisdictions so there are different regulations and currencies. To the extent we can, we co-operate and work together with regulators in that area.