Stephen Jones (Whitlam, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Regional Communications, in writing, on 04 December 2017

(1) How many of the 499 round 1 base stations announced in 2013 under the Mobile Black Spot Program (MBSP) are currently operational.(2) How many of the 429 round 1 base stations announced in 2013 under the MBSP being built by Telstra are currently operational.(3) How many of the 70 round 1 base stations announced in 2013 under the MBSP being built by Optus are currently operational.(4) How many of the 266 round 2 base stations announced in 2015 under the MBSP are currently operational.

Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(1) As at 29 January 2018, 313 of the 499 round 1 base stations announced in 2015 under the Mobile Black Spot Program are currently operational.

(2) As at 29 January 2018, 280 of the 429 round 1 base stations announced in 2015 under the Mobile Black Spot Program being built by Telstra are currently operational.

(3) Optus was not awarded any funding under round 1 of the Mobile Black Spot Program. As at

29 January 2018, 33 of the 70 Vodafone round 1 base stations announced in 2015 under the Mobile Black Spot Program being built by Vodafone are currently operational.

(4) 71 of the 266 round 2 base stations announced in 2016 under the Mobile Black Spot Program are currently operational.