Telstra Group Limited warns Australia map rules could cut 1 million sq km from coverage claims
Telstra Group ramped up its opposition to Australia’s draft mobile coverage-map standard on Wednesday, claiming the plan would wrongly label regions where 1.5 million customers use its network each month as lacking service. The protest followed the release of industry feedback by the Australian Communications and Media Authority on March 10, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission also throwing support behind stricter mapping requirements. This fight comes to a head with ACMA under deadline—March 31 to lock in the standard, then roll it out by June 30. Telstra warns, if the regulator holds the line on its threshold, it could be forced to slash some 1 million square km from the coverage maps crucial for winning customers and sales