Customers wanting independent scrutiny of Hutchison's third-generation mobile network performance will soon get it, with the Australian Communications Authority planning to kick off monitoring from next year.
Hutchison 3G Australia's '3' network equipment supplier, Ericsson, has labelled the troubled network a "global trendsetter", saying its dropped call rates had been reduced to levels equivalent to GSM networks.
A mobile telecoms industry body has denied the need for SMS standards, called for by the Shadow Minister for Communications Lindsay Tanner.
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