Political Promises

clohamon

Promise #1 FF: €50M for rural mobile coverage

CORK South-West general election candidate Margaret Murphy O’Mahony starts the bidding.

“We need a national mobile phone coverage audit, carried out by international experts. ComReg should ensure this includes a proper review of the regions. Fianna Fáil is then proposing to launch a National Mobile Phone Infrastructure Plan and the regional mapping arising from the audit will point out where this investment needs to be prioritised.

“Fianna Fáil will also require Comreg to enforce coverage standards through its licensing contracts which will include meeting national coverage targets. Where there is no reasonable alternative, we will roll out state funding for improved coverage and allocate a capital sum of €50m for this.

“Fianna Fáil will also enforce 4G national coverage standards through licensing contracts.

“The perception of the mobile phone coverage in Ireland is simply not reflective of reality. That’s why I believe an expert-led international audit will shed light on the real needs of the country,” she added.

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cgarvey

Seems to be a reliance on licence contract terms that probably don't exist!

clohamon

cgarvey wrote: »

Seems to be a reliance on licence contract terms that probably don't exist!

Yes, and they'll need more than €50M to buy out the existing contracts.