Telstra's CDMA mobile phone network may now be the largest digital cellular mobile phone network in the world, covering over one million square kilometres.
The telco giant's MobileNet CDMA Freedom network covers a geographic range twice the size of the former analogue network and twice the size of MobileNet GSM Digital - the next largest cellular mobile phone network in Australia, Telstra claims.
"MobileNet CDMA is certainly one of the largest if not the biggest network in the world, Telstra's CDMA Product Manager, Greg Young, said.
Telstra claims CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access) coverage benefits over GSM, particularly along the major highways in remote areas of the country.
-The message is very clear - if you live or travel in regional Australia and require the most extensive coverage, then MobileNet CDMA is the answer."
Telstra's recent expansion goes hand-in-hand with the federal government's Networking the Nation initiative, which aims to expand the country's mobile communications.
Phone coverage in remote areas of Australia has long been a thorny issue with voters.
The Federal Government has a 51 percent controlling stake in Telstra.
Is this system is so marvellous why can't I get a signal in many locations in the Bendigo city area not 1k from the CBD?
Why also does it sound like you are talking from inside a bucket to the called party half the time?
The reception and signal is as bad if not worse than Digital and not a patch on what we enjoyed from Analogue. Complaints to date are falling on deaf ears at Telstra. Let me take you to the spots and watch my signal disappear.