Bushfire Prone Areas to Receive Mobile Coverage Boosts

The push for round two of a cell boosting program comes after Australia recorded weather in 2023 was the hottest it has ever had.

A resident uses a smartphone mapping app to view the latest information about the Bootleg fire in the mountains north of Bly, Oregon. Maranie Staab/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The peri-urban mobile program is an initiative to improve mobile and reception issues in fringes of large cities and to help communities in bushfire-prone areas to have better reception.

The initiative will be aided by $20 million (US$13.5 million) of government funds.