Mobile Network Hardening Program – Round 3
Tender ID: 570995
Tender Details
Tender Description
The Australian Government is providing $20 million (GST exclusive) for Round 3 of the Mobile Network Hardening Program (the Program) to strengthen the resilience of mobile network communications in regional, remote and peri-urban Australia.
The Program provides co-funding to Mobile Network Operators, Mobile Network Infrastructure Providers and Network Management Providers to increase the resilience of mobile telecommunications infrastructure to assist communities during and after a natural disaster or emergency. Round 3 is funding projects located in areas impacted by, or at risk of a natural disaster of the Program, and located in regional and remote Australia and the peri-urban fringe of 19 capital and major regional cities.
Round 3 funding will be delivered in two streams:
- a $10 million (GST exclusive) ‘Regional and Remote Australia’ stream for projects that deliver Resilience Upgrades in regional, remote and very remote Australia; and
- a $10 million (GST exclusive) ‘Peri-Urban Fringe’ stream for projects that deliver Resilience Upgrades in the peri-urban fringe of capital and major regional cities.
Round 3 of the Program is funded from the Government’s Better Connectivity Plan for Regional and Rural Australia.
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
