"On digital infrastructure, we have seven fibre routes between Australia’s major capital cities under construction as part of our new intercity fibre network. We are pleased to announce that the first two routes, from Sydney to Canberra, and Melbourne to Canberra, will be ready for service later in 2025.
We also continue to invest in our mobile network, and we have expanded our coverage to more than 3 million square kilometres, now reaching 99.7% of Australia’s population.
We will increase our mobile network investment by around $800 million over the next four years within our business-as-usual capex. This is to extend our network leadership and deliver customers the most advanced, resilient and reliable 5G mobile network in the country.
In January we announced a collaboration with SpaceX’s Starlink to deliver direct to handset outdoor text message capability to parts of the country that are beyond the reach of our mobile network.
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