[LINK] Absurd ACCC's destructive telco fantasy will only make things worse

[Jevan Pipitone]

I found a few links about mobile frequencies in Australia. In fact a 
phone needs to be able to work on multiple frequencies to work in 
Australia: "Please note that it's not enough to match just one 
frequency. Australian phone networks are built using multiple 
frequencies, and not all frequencies are available in every location. 
The network frequencies used in rural areas are often completely 
different to those used in the city." (www.whistleout.com.au). If a 
mobile supports just one frequency that is not enough for it to work, 
and also the system changes from time to time such as "Telstra and 
Vodafone are both phasing out 3G support on their 2100MHz holdings. 
Vodafone will progressively turn convert its 2100MHz spectrum from 3G to 
4G across the course of 2019. As such, some 3G-only devices may no 
longer work on Telstra and Vodafone." (www.whistleout.com.au). From the 
frequency list in the "whistleout" URL below, you can see Vodafone has 
the 2100MHz frequency listed for both 3G and 4G, and they are switching 
it over from usage in 3G to usage in 4G, so some mobile phones will stop 
working.

https://www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones/Guides/Will-my-phone-work-in-Australia-carrier-network-frequencies

https://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/mobile_phone_frequencies

https://www.mobilenetworkguide.com.au/australian_mobile_phone_frequencies.html

Jevan.


On Thu. 09-May-19 8:54 pm, Kim Holburn wrote:
> Our main problem is population density.  Our urban density is similar to many other countries but our rural population density is one of the lowest in the world.  To bring connectivity to the outback or the folded rural coasts is a real problem.  Currently the government pays companies to fix "black spots".
>
> We have this stupid duplication of the cellphone network.  We have sold chunks of all that local shared spectrum to different companies.  The government makes a lot of money privatising our spectrum.
>
> If we mandated the cell network infrastructure had to interoperate as a single cell network, built by different companies but used by all.  We would be able to have twice the coverage we have now.
>
> Surely there is some way to do this.
>
>> On 2019/May/09, at 11:22 am, David <dlochrin at key.net.au> wrote:
>>
>> On 9/05/2019 9:43 am, Kim Holburn wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/absurd-accc-s-destructive-telco-fantasy-will-only-make-things-worse-20190508-p51leo.html
>>> The commission says TPG has a commercial imperative and the capabilities to roll out its own mobile network and that the merger would preclude TPG’s entry, therefore substantially lessening competition.
>>> The ACCC might wish for a different telecommunications landscape but that doesn’t mean it would emerge.
>> I think there's a basic conflict between the market-economics dream of many completely independent providers all busily competing with one-another, and the Australian reality.  Constructing independent physical networks in a country like Australia is just stupid.
>>
>> David L.
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