Australia's posties are helping to collect data for the Australian Government's National Audit of Mobile Coverage.
Over $17 million is being invested in the audit to better identify mobile coverage blackspots to help target future investment and provide an independent and comprehensive resource that will enhance information on mobile coverage.
Undertaken by Accenture Australia, the audit will test around 180,000 km of regional and rural roads across the country.
Australia Post is fitting mobile-measurement devices on delivery vehicles that will cover a significant portion of these roads. Mobile-measurement devices will also be placed in more than 70 post offices across all states and territories, providing further data collection points.
The audit's pilot phase is nearing completion, with the main audit to commence this month. The audit will be delivered each year for the next three years, until 30 June 2027.
Data from the audit is available via the Mobile Audit Visualisation Tool.
Find out more
- For more information on the audit, visit: National Audit of Mobile Coverage
- For more information on the $1.1 billion Better Connectivity Plan for Regional and Rural Australia, visit: Better Connectivity Plan for Regional and Rural Australia