Ms Carolan Lennon:

It will be an upgrade on the 4G network. If one is in an area that can benefit from it and loads of people are not trying to benefit from it, one will have fibre-like speeds. That is definitely the case. The problem is that if there are 100 people on it, everybody is looking for the same footprint, whereas if one has a fibre to home connection, one does not have that contention issue. The other issue is that the 5G network requires an awful lot of masts, which can be a challenge, particularly in rural areas. I believe the 5G network can solve some of the problem, but it cannot solve all of it.