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The Federal Government has announced it plans to spend $16.4 million to improve mobile connectivity for bushfire-prone areas on the outskirts of Australia’s major cities. The Peri-Urban Mobile Program (PUMP) is set to be unveiled in the 2021-22 Budget, where telcos and infrastructure providers will get grant funding to deploy new mobile phone infrastructure to improve mobile reception and coverage in peri-urban areas. “Improving coverage on the peri-urban fringe will help communities access vital information during emergencies, seek help if needed and stay in touch with loved ones,” Com...

Budget 2021: Bushfire-prone urban fringes to get AU$16.4m in mobile network grants ZDNet 5/6/2021 The Australian government has said it will be handing over AU$16.4 million in mobile connectivity grants as part of its 2021 Budget set to be unveiled on May 11. The grants will be focused on bushfire-prone peri-urban areas, the outskirts and transition areas between urban and rural landscapes, and given the abbreviation PUMP for Peri-Urban Mobile Program. "Improving coverage on the peri-urban fringe will help communities access vital information during emergencies, seek help if needed and st...

iTWire Tuesday, 27 April 2021 23:19 Telstra delivers 30 connectivity improvement projects across Australia worth almost $55m Shares 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 t...

iTWire Monday, 26 April 2021 11:00 Telstra is building a better network and transforming connectivity on King Island Shares 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, so...

Dedicated mobile coverage for more than 270 residents Domestic travel and reliable connectivity go hand in hand and Optus is making sure travellers to Tasmania and locals alike are able to stay connected after switching on a brand-new site in Lachlan, delivering additional coverage to the community as part of the priority round of the Federal Governments Mobile Black Spot Program. The Optus site, located on an existing tower along Moores Road, will provide dedicated coverage to Lachlan that includes north towards existing coverage at New Norfolk. More than 270 residents will now be able to c...