General News
25 May, 2024
5G work at mountain blackspot
UPGRADE works on Telstra’s Mount Moliagul mobile phone tower are planned for this year. Residents and CFA volunteers have been critical of poor reception in the area with weekends and public holidays the worst time for any signal. The tower, that...
UPGRADE works on Telstra’s Mount Moliagul mobile phone tower are planned for this year.
Residents and CFA volunteers have been critical of poor reception in the area with weekends and public holidays the worst time for any signal.
The tower, that services areas stretching towards Inglewood and Newbridge, will be upgraded to 5G.
A Telstra spokesperson said this week: “Planning is underway to bring 5G services to our Mount Moliagul site which will deliver improved mobile coverage and capacity for our customers in the area.
“We expect 5G services to be up and running before the end of 2024 and will share more details on when the upgrade works will commence in the coming months.”
The telco’s announcement came as NBN Co said fixed wireless network upgrades were about to start at the Serpentine tower.
A spokesperson said: “The upgrade works on the tower in Serpentine will mean some homes and small businesses in the area may experience impact to their nbn service over the coming weeks.
“NBN is looking to minimise service interruptions as much as possible during this time, such as migrating users over to temporary connections, however there are occasions when towers may be taken offline and we appreciate the community’s patience while the work is underway.”
The Serpentine work is part of upgrades being rolled out across the Loddon. Boort and Inglewood were among locations where work was done earlier this year.
“Impacted homes and businesses may have been notified of these planned outages via their retail service provider,” according to NBN,