A phone reception black spot in and around Fullerton Cove, north of Newcastle, will be fixed by the construction of a new mobile phone tower in the federal seat of Paterson.
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Senators Bridget McKenzie and Arthur Sinodinos announced the the tower would be built in the prioirty locations round of the federal government’s $220 million mobile black spot program.
Optus, Telstra and Vodafone will build 102 new base stations around Australia under the priority location round, senators McKenzie and Sinodinos said. In addition, the carriers have commercial plans for new base stations that will further address mobile black spot issues in many of the identified locations.
Senator Sinodinos said construction of the new tower will start soon.
Base station rollout schedules for all three rounds of the program will be available the carriers’ websites.
