Monday, 08 February 2016 00:54

Regional spectrum will help enhance 4G services: Telstra Featured

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Telstra says the 57 blocks of spectrum covering 12 regions across Australia it secured at the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) auction last week will be used to enhance the delivery of 4G mobile services.

Telstra, along with Optus, Vodafone and TPG spent a total of $543.5 million buying spectrum in the 1800 MHz band at the auction, with Telstra outlaying $190 million for its share.

Telstra CEO Andy Penn said the additional spectrum was good news for customers and would deliver greater capacity and faster speeds to meet growing demand.

“We continue to invest to make sure our customers, particularly in regional areas, have the best mobile experience on Australia’s biggest mobile network.

“As a result of the auction, we’ll be at least doubling the amount of spectrum in the 1800 MHz band that we can use to provide 4G Penn said Telstra was the first provider to bring 4G mobile services to regional Australia and has rapidly expanded 4G coverage to reach 96% of the population, and it will reach 99% of the population by the end of June 2017.

Penn said securing the extra spectrum allows Telstra to deliver “more capacity to cater to our customers’ growing demand for mobile data. It will also enable mobile data to be delivered at even faster speeds.

“Australia’s mobile market is very dynamic, which is why we’ll continue to take every opportunity to improve our customers’ experiences on the Telstra network.”

Penn also said Telstra customers in areas covered by the auction will be able to enjoy these benefits when the new spectrum licences come into effect in May 2017, and where possible Telstra will also work with the ACMA to explore earlier access to the spectrum in an effort to bring forward benefits to customers.

The spectrum licences have a term of 11 years and cover the regions of North Queensland, Central Queensland, South Queensland, Northern NSW, Western NSW, Southern NSW, Regional Victoria, Regional SA, Regional WA, Darwin, Canberra, Tasmania.

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Peter Dinham

Peter Dinham - retired in 2020. He is a veteran journalist and corporate communications consultant. He has worked as a journalist in all forms of media – newspapers/magazines, radio, television, press agency and now, online – including with the Canberra Times, The Examiner (Tasmania), the ABC and AAP-Reuters. As a freelance journalist he also had articles published in Australian and overseas magazines. He worked in the corporate communications/public relations sector, in-house with an airline, and as a senior executive in Australia of the world’s largest communications consultancy, Burson-Marsteller. He also ran his own communications consultancy and was a co-founder in Australia of the global photographic agency, the Image Bank (now Getty Images).

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