Telstra Group Limited Faces 1 Million-Sq-Km Coverage Map Threat as Optus, TPG Back Tougher Rules
Optus and TPG have backed tougher mobile coverage-map rules that could force Telstra to remove about 1 million square kilometres from its claimed coverage, ahead of an ACMA decision due March 31. Telstra says 1.5 million customers a month use service below the proposed signal threshold and warns the change would cut a third of its mapped reach. The ACCC supports the stricter rules, citing misleading maps.