{"id":351349,"date":"2024-07-30T16:25:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T06:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=351349"},"modified":"2024-07-30T19:49:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T09:49:07","slug":"4g-footprint-expanded-telstra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/30\/4g-footprint-expanded-telstra\/","title":{"rendered":"4G Footprint Expanded: Telstra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>July 30, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Telstra has completed its expansion of 4G mobile coverage across the South Burnett ahead of its 3G shutdown on August 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we announced the shutdown of our 3G network in 2019, Telstra committed to expanding our 4G service to match the existing 3G footprint before we switched off,&#8221; Regional General Manager for Southern Queensland May Boisen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocal upgrade work has been completed and our testing shows equivalent Telstra 4G coverage is there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The final step is making sure our customers aren\u2019t using 3G network-only devices or have a 4G mobile phone that requires a 3G network to make calls to Triple Zero.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe easiest way to check your mobile devices is to use Telstra\u2019s free 3G SMS Checker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This tool will show customers who use the Telstra mobile network if their mobile phone is impacted by\u202fthe 3G network closure, and if so, any action they need to take.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SMS checker tests the service number you are texting from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;If customers simply text the number \u20183\u2019 to 3498, we\u2019ll text you back telling you if you need to take any action.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, this service only works for people using mobile devices on the Telstra network.<\/p>\n<p>The 3G shutdown is not limited to mobile phones.\u00a0\u00a0It will also affect 3G Cel-Fi GO Repeaters, 3G Telstra Mobile Smart Antennas and 3G Internet-of-Things (IoT) or Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices such as EFTPOS, telemetry and some 3G-only medical devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/05\/06\/3g-shutdown-pushed-back\/\">3G Shutdown Pushed Back<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/04\/11\/mp-worried-by-3g-shutdown\/\">MP Worried By 3G Shutdown<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/08\/07\/telstra-3g-to-close-next-june\/\">Telstra 3G To Close Next June<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telstra has completed its expansion of 4G mobile coverage across the South Burnett.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":269224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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