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IN THE NEWS: NSW Farmers share the importance of mobile services in regional Australia, Telstra delays copper disconnections, and more.
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NSW Farmers share why regional and remote Australians need more reliable mobile phone services. [NSW Farmers]
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Telstra may take a backseat on future rounds of the federal mobile blackspots program, arguing new tower builds don’t make sense even when the government pays half of the upfront costs. [itnews]
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Telstra has widened the number of bushfire-affected states and postcodes for which it will delay mandatory disconnection of legacy copper services. [itnews]
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Bushfire-affected small enterprises could be up for one of 2000 ‘Green Shoots grants’ to help restore connectivity and recover their business. [Technology Decisions]
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The Coalition Government has commenced the next stage of consultation on the $53 million Regional Connectivity Program to improve digital connectivity in regional and rural Australia. [Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications]
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Just over two months after they were referred to a Senate committee, the Australian government's Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019 and Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019 have received the approval of the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee. [ZDNet]
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More people are shifting from faster to slower NBN connections, with those on 12Mbps plans increasing to 17.6% of all NBN wholesale services at the end of the December quarter, the competition watchdog reports. The figure at the end of the previous quarter was 16.2%. [iTWire]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced a public consultation on upcoming 5G spectrum allocations. [CRN]
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Google has released the developer preview of Android 11 which outlines some major feature updates for devices running the world's most widely used operating system. [ZDNet]
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