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Paul Clark (Vodafone), Member for Maranoa David Littleproud, Vodafone Project Manager Julian Wiggins and Vodafone Regional Manager Rhys Morgan\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 12, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

A new mobile phone site to service the Kumbia area has been switched on by Vodafone Australia and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud.<\/p>\n

The 35m tall NBN tower in Dennis Dugdell’s paddock just outside Kumbia now has Vodafone 4G receivers and transmitters co-located, thanks to the Federal Government’s $220 million “Mobile Black Spot Program”.<\/p>\n

This will extend Vodafone’s voice and data coverage across an extra 220 sq km, including along the Bunya Highway, Kearneys Road and Kumbia-Brooklands Road.<\/p>\n

Vodafone spokesman Paul Clark said the Black Spot program had also allowed Vodafone to build mobile phone sites at Cooyar and Boyneside.<\/p>\n

Member for Maranoa David Littleproud said the Kumbia site was one of 35 funded by the Black Spot program in the Maranoa electorate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe building and strengthening of network connections through the Federal Government\u2019s Mobile Phone Black Spot Program is crucial to Maranoa\u2019s future prosperity,\u201d Mr Littleproud said.<\/p>\n

The new site will extend mobile coverage in Kumbia … but only for Vodafone customers, a consequence that Mr Littleproud has been campaigning against since before his election.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Littleproud has been pushing for the introduction of mobile phone “roaming” which would allow customers to connect to towers outside their usual phone network, eg. a Vodafone customer connecting to a Telstra tower, or vice versa.<\/p>\n

This would increase mobile phone coverage in remote and rural areas of Queensland.<\/p>\n

However, in May the\u00a0Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released a draft decision ruling out mobile phone roaming.<\/p>\n

The Vodafone representatives at Kumbia on Tuesday supported the concept.<\/p>\n

“It would be a great opportunity to give choice to rural and regional Australia,” Mr Clark said.<\/p>\n

“And it would share infrastructure costs.”<\/p>\n

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Minister for Regional Communications Fiona Nash welcomed the activation of the 200th<\/sup> mobile base station delivered under the Mobile Black Spot Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mobile Black Spot Program has already changed the lives of so many Australians living in rural and remote areas across the country. I congratulate Telstra, Optus and Vodafone for reaching this milestone so quickly,\u201d Minister Nash said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pace of the Mobile Black Spots rollout is accelerating towards the total of 765 base stations with 41 sites activated across the country in June alone.”<\/p>\n

She said Rounds 1 and 2 of the program were delivering more than $600\u00a0million in new investment in mobile infrastructure across regional and remote Australia.<\/p>\n

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The 35m NBN tower at Kumbia has Vodafone mobile phone antennas co-located near the top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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