Almost $23 million to be invested towards digital connectivity and telecommunications in regional WA
McGowan Government allocates $5.88 million towards Commonwealth Regional Connectivity Program, securing $17.1 million co-investment from Federal Government
Boost to mobile and broadband services for 16 projects across regional, rural and remote WA
Connectivity and telecommunications in regional WA will receive a $23 million boost under a joint investment from the McGowan Government and the Commonwealth Government.
The McGowan Government will contribute $5.88 million to projects under the Commonwealth’s Regional Connectivity Program to help bring mobile and broadband infrastructure to some of Western Australia’s most under-served areas.
The State’s investment has attracted co-funding of $17.1 million from the Commonwealth and additional funding from project applicants and third party contributors.
iTWire Tuesday, 27 April 2021 23:19 Telstra delivers 30 connectivity improvement projects across Australia worth almost $55m
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As part of the Regional Connectivity Program, Telstra says it will deliver 30 transformative communications projects worth almost $55 million to improve connectivity across the country.
Telstra says it will “invest almost $16 million and, together with almost $26 million from the Australian Government and over $13 million from state and local governments” and this will “provide outcomes that will help improve connectivity and communications to regional and remote communities across Australia.”
Nationally, major Telstra delivered projects will include an $9.8m infrastructure upgrade on King Island (Tas), an $8.3m fibre upgrade in East Arnhem (NT), a $6.3m network upgrade in Gippsland (Vic) a $5.6m network upgrade in Far North SA and a $5.3m transmission upgrade to Mornington Island (QLD).
iTWire Monday, 26 April 2021 11:00 Telstra is building a better network and transforming connectivity on King Island
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No, it s not an island full of Elvis Presley impersonators, but an island that s part of Tasmania, and it will benefit from an upgrade project that Telstra says will transform connectivity on the island, improve mobile coverage, boost capacity and data speeds and strengthen network resilience.
King Island. It s a beautiful island in the Bass Strait of Australia, and it s about to get even better with improved mobile coverage, more mobile base stations, some 4GX upgrades, 37km of new fibre optic cable, up to six times more bandwidth and capacity, a new radio link and more, with work to start before the end of 2021.
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