3G

It said it had spent a "considerable", confidential, amount of funds on ongoing support for people in the area, and had also invested almost £100,000 towards a nearby 3G football pitch.

Belfast City Council has also said all its grass and 3G pitches will be closed from Friday for the weekend.

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“You can end up going to someone’s house at the bottom of a mountain in the north and the radio frequency can’t get through. But there could be a good 3G signal nearby and that could get through - the customer doesn’t know that,” he said.

The company said the situation was “frustrating” because government regulations dictated it must use the radio-wave technology to provide a signal to Dr Battu’s meter - and that it was not permitted to access the local 3G signal instead.