Optus and TPG (Vodafone) Regional Network Sharing Agreement Could Boost Vodafone Coverage Significantly

shxhshzhz on 18/05/2024 - 23:13
Last edited 19/05/2024 - 00:24

On April 29th, Optus posted that they will share regional network spectrum with TPG (Vodafone network) for the next 11 years which will boost Vodafone coverage, which was the worst for rural coverage, from 96% to 98.4%, just 0.1% off Optus' 98.5%.
It will also speed up the process of rolling 5G out to regional areas.
This move will make plans such as the Kogan Mobile 1 year plans much better because of the potentially significant improvement in coverage and the much larger amounts of data offered (e.g. 300GB or 500GB) for $200 a year or less (if prices aren't increased).

What are your thoughts? Do you think combining all the users of two large networks into one will result in issues such as congestion and reduced speeds in those areas?

https://www.optus.com.au/about/media-centre/media-releases/2…

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  • JoeBogan on 18/05/2024 - 23:42
    +2

    While encouraging, I'll believe when I see it.

  • MS Paint on 18/05/2024 - 23:51

    I live regional and it's Telstra or nothing. Optus and Vodafone apparently service the area by their coverage maps but it is shite.

    Always interesting around peak tourist times - very easy to spot the Vodafone user from the big smoke.

    • BigBirdy on 19/05/2024 - 09:51
      +1

      I'm fringe regional QLD (Noosa). After many years of Optus I switched to Telstra last year to get 5G. I haven't seen any noticeable improvement in coverage or speed, either in town or bush.

    • SimAus007 on 06/06/2024 - 15:29

      You must be one of the very few (or in a very remote area), most Telstra and Optus towers are in the exact same location now. Telstra has even jumped onto some previously Optus-only towers.
      None of the 3 telcos own the towers directly anymore, it's all owned and managed by a 3rd party now.

  • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 19/05/2024 - 01:36
    +1

    TPG must be desperate. Didn’t they want Telstra at first?

  • FoxJump on 19/05/2024 - 06:50

    Vodafone used to do this with telstra many years ago

    • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 19/05/2024 - 07:51

      Didn’t they try too but the regulator knocked it back?

      • FoxJump on 19/05/2024 - 08:52

        they literally did it maybe 12y+ ago.
        i was a voda customer enjoying those perks

  • GordonD on 19/05/2024 - 14:43
    -1

    The coverage won't improve on what you can get now. If you are a TPG customer you won't be able to make calls through all of both the current Optus and TPG towers. And if you're a Vodafone customer you won't be able to makes calls through all of both the current Optus and TPG towers. What is planned is for TPG to shut down all its country towers, and all Optus and Vodafone phone traffic to use the existing Optus towers. So unless Optus decides to build more towers now it has more country phone traffic going through its network, the phone coverage in the country for Optus and Vodafone customers will be the coverage Optus now provides.

    The cost saving for Optus is what it will be able to charge TPG to carry its phone traffic. The cost saving to offset that for TPG is not having to maintain a network of towers in the country.

  • RockyRaccoon on 19/05/2024 - 21:09

    Hello

    Its

    98.4 per cent of the population are covered.

    At 99% (of Pop) coverage then Mobile phones still only cover 27% of Australia's land mass.

  • ethannguyen on 28/05/2024 - 01:44

    The MOCN is expected to be available to TPG and Optus customers in early 2025. 

  • dm02 on 28/05/2024 - 23:07

    Lmfao, so about two years after Optus chucked a hissy-fit over TPG & Telstra proposing pretty much the exact same thing, and the proposal being knocked down by the ACCC, Optus is now doing it with TPG? Wow

    • Quarter Pounder on 10/06/2024 - 09:49

      Telstra has a spectrum monopoly in regional areas. This mocn will still leave telstra with more spectrum but allow O and V to compete

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