CDMA safeguard for regional Australia
Source: Australia. Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Media Release
"I am advised that the Attorney-General Philip Ruddock has made a decision to vary conditions on Telstra’s carrier licence to protect users in the transition from CDMA to Next G,” the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator the Hon Coonan said. Under the condition made by the Attorney-General, Telstra will be required to keep the CDMA network open until the Next G network provides equivalent or better coverage and services."