Boosting mobile connectivity across Victoria
Boosting mobile connectivity across Victoria
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[Text: Boosting mobile connectivity in over 1000 sites across Victoria]
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[Text: Around 2.4 million premises across 23,500 square kilometres of the state]
[Vision: View of partial map of Victoria including Swan Hill, Bendigo, Shepparton, Wangaratta, Albury and Wodonga with parts of progress circles connecting dots]
[Text: 309 new towers to be built]
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[Text: 492 towers to be upgraded to 5G]
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[Text: 170 towers adapted so they can be used by multiple telcos]
[Vision: View of partial map of Victoria including Mount Gambier, Hamilton, Portland, Warrnambool, Ballarat, Geelong, Melbourne, Horsham and Bendigo with parts of progress circles connecting dots]
[Text: 137 towers to be made more resilient during natural disasters]
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[Text: 704 of these projects are in regional or rural Victoria]
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[Text: We’re connecting you]
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[Text: With what you need and what you love]
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[Text: We’re improving safety]
[Text: linking loved ones]
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[Text: And supporting businesses to grow]
[Text: We’re Connecting Victoria]
[Connecting Victoria / Victoria State Government. vic.gov.au/connectingvictoria]
We are fast-tracking the delivery of improved mobile services to better connect Victorians living and working in more than 1,200 suburbs and towns across the state.
The $300 million Connecting Victoria mobile program is delivering upgrades or installing new infrastructure through 1,108 mobile infrastructure projects. Around 2.4 million premises across 23,500 square kilometres will get increased coverage and improved service quality, including having a 5G network sooner than planned.
Together with telecommunications partners Axicom, ENE.HUB, Optus, Telstra and TPG Telecom, the Victorian Government will build 309 new mobile towers, upgrade 492 towers to 5G, adapt 170 towers so they can be used by multiple telecommunications providers and make 137 towers more resilient during natural disasters, all by 2026.
At many sites, the telecommunications providers have agreed to share infrastructure, which will give more Victorians a choice of mobile provider and improve competition. More than 700 of the projects will be delivered in regional and rural locations.
Mobile connectivity plays a critical role in the lives of Victorians, providing access to healthcare, education, flexible working and emergency information and services.
The $550 million Connecting Victoria program will continue to fast-track better mobile and broadband in more places across regional Victoria and outer suburban Melbourne.
Page last updated: 28 October 2022