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Australia: Telstra Faces Govt Oversight of CDMA Shutdown

Stuart Corner writes on ITWire.com.au:

Communications minister, Helen Coonan, has announced plans for a working group to ensure a smooth transition from the CDMA network to Telstra's planned 3G network.

It will include representatives from DCITA and ACMA and will "ensure a cooperative and coordinated approach to replicating the coverage of the existing CDMA network," Coonan said. "This is about making sure that Telstra provides Australians living in rural, regional and remote areas with adequate mobile phone coverage during the rollout of its next generation network."

The group will convene for the first time this week to look at service quality and regulatory issues associated with the transition from CDMA to 3G.

posted by Fergie @ 2/13/2006 04:59:00 PM