Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Broadband Service Provision: Discussion

12:30 pm

Mr. Liam O'Brien:

In effect, the market operators have to agree. ComReg will oversee a transition plan. It cannot force access to the spectrum. It will oversee a transition plan. We are engaging with ComReg on that. It has been a very lengthy process. It has probably been longer than those who are trying to get access to the spectrum to provide services would have anticipated.