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Mobile coverage upgraded again


June 25 2004
Shepparton News


Those reaching for their Telstra mobile phones near Avenel, Euroa and Longwood can now do so without worry of poor coverage.
Telstra this week turned on a new tower south of Longwood, giving residents and passers-by far greater coverage on their CDMA phone in those areas and on the Hume Fwy, with digital users soon able to take advantage as well.

Telstra Country Wide general manager Robert Bell said the tower would be updated in the future to take in the GSM network. "We are obviously looking to expand things beyond just the CDMA," Mr Bell said.

As promised, coverage will also continue to grow in other areas, with towers being constructed and activated on a regular basis.


"The tower at Strathmerton will be switched on any day now," Mr Bell said.

"The official launch of the tower is July 7, but we will switch it on before that and do all the testing."

Coverage in and around Shepparton has also increased in the past month.

"We turned on the towers at Kialla and Moorilim not that long ago and we are in the planning process for a couple of others around Shepparton," Mr Bell said.

Telstra is currently in negotiations with landowners to build towers at Shepparton East and to Shepparton's north, while following a Victorian Civil and Appeals Tribunal judgement, a tower at Baddaginnie is set to be turned on in November.

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