TPG and Optus join forces to shrink Telstra’s mobile footprint

The telco sector is holding its breath ahead of a decision that could erase a third of Telstra’s purported 3 million square kilometres of mobile coverage.

n a map of Australia on Telstra’s website, Lachlan Gall’s Langawirra Station sits on a little white spot between spider webs of green. North of Broken Hill in far western NSW, what was previously dry, dusty cattle country is now lush and green or underwater. Telstra’s 4G signal doesn’t quite reach his property. But toggle a button for Telstra’s “full coverage” and, suddenly, Langawirra is covered.

Source: https://www.afr.com/companies/telecommunications/tpg-and-optus-join-forces-to-shrink-telstra-s-mobile-footprint-20260326-p5ziup