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  • Improving regional mobile phone infrastructure: report published

    Finding collaborative ways to fund improvements and encourage greater sharing of mobile phone infrastructure to provide better, more competitive access to digital services across regional and remote Australia is the focus of a report released by the House Communications and the Arts Committee.

    Media release issue date: Wednesday, 15 November 2023


  • Regional mobile infrastructure inquiry to hear from Indigenous communities, grain growers, miners, hotels, councils and community groups

    Finding collaborative ways to fund improvements to mobile phone infrastructure services across regional and remote Australia will be the focus of the public hearings in Adelaide, Alice Springs and Perth this week.

    Media release issue date: Monday, 15 May 2023


  • Exploring co-investment in mobile infrastructure

    Finding collaborative ways to fund improvements to mobile infrastructure services across regional Australia will be the focus of the public hearing in Launceston tomorrow (14 April) with one of the nation’s largest telecommunications network operators Optus.

    Media release issue date: Thursday, 13 April 2023


  • Spectrum management in regional Australia

    A parliamentary inquiry will hear how the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA’s) management of radiofrequency spectrum may impact on regional mobile phone coverage.

    Media release issue date: Wednesday, 30 November 2022


  • Inquiry to hear from mobile infrastructure provider Indara

    Finding collaborative ways to fund improvements to mobile infrastructure services across regional Australia will be the focus of the opening public hearing today (23 November) with one of the nation’s largest telecommunications tower companies Indara Digital Infrastructure.

    Media release issue date: Wednesday, 23 November 2022


  • Inquiry targeting regional mobile infrastructure

    Mobile infrastructure services across regional Australia will be the focus of a new parliamentary inquiry. The House Communications and the Arts Committee will hear evidence on co investment in regional mobile carrier infrastructure.

    Media release issue date: Tuesday, 18 October 2022


  • Mobile infrastructure sharing examined

    Mobile infrastructure services will be the focus of a new parliamentary inquiry. The House Communications and the Arts Committee will hear evidence on co-investment in regional mobile carrier infrastructure.

    Media release issue date: Wednesday, 28 September 2022





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    About this inquiry

    On 12 September 2022 the Minister for Communications, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, asked the Committee to inquire into and report on the experience, opportunities and challenges for co-investment in multi-carrier regional mobile infrastructure.



    Past Public Hearings

    21 Jun 2023: Canberra
    14 Jun 2023: Canberra
    07 Jun 2023: Geelong

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    Inquiry Status

    Submissions Closed

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