New phone tower causing concern at Corlette
Telstra could be facing a community backlash in its bid to improve mobile phone reception in a telecommunications blackspot at Port Stephens.
View ArticleCorlette residents fight planned mobile phone tower
Residents at Corlette near Port Stephens, north of Newcastle, are ramping-up their campaign to get Port Stephens Council to reject a 30-metre high mobile phone tower planned for their suburb.
View ArticleLake concern about emergency warnings
Lake Macquarie Council is concerned some ratepayers will not get enough notice ahead of emergencies, because of flaws with Australia's Early Warning System.
View ArticleCessnock phone tower approval likely
Cessnock Council looks set to approve the erection of a new mobile phone tower despite community opposition to the plan.
View ArticleNewcastle After Dark app launch
Getting around safely in Newcastle after the sun goes down is about to become a little easier with the launch of a new smart phone application, called Newcastle After Dark.
View ArticlePhone coverage an issue in Paterson: Baldwin
Federal Liberal Paterson MP Bob Baldwin says if re-elected at next month's election he will fight to see mobile phone coverage significantly improved in the area.
View ArticleTelstra resurrects plans for Port Stephens phone tower
Residents in the Port Stephens suburb of Corlette are angry Telstra has re-lodged plans for a phone tower in the suburb.
View ArticleResidents list mobile blackspots in the Hunter
Upper Hunter residents have given the Federal Government a list of 40 locations where they believe mobile telephone coverage needs to improve.
View ArticleHunter mobile phone black spots fixed
Some of the Hunter's worst mobile phone black spots will be fixed under a joint state and federal government program.
View ArticleConcern for safety, property values escalates in Hunter Valley towns as poor...
Residents of rural parts of the NSW Hunter Valley have expressed serious concerns about the impacts of living without mobile phone reception and internet services.
View ArticleCalls for bolstered mobile phone coverage
Federal member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon is urging the government to address poor mobile phone coverage in Fern Bay and Fullerton Cove.
View ArticleMobile blackspots remain as one in six towers promised to boost reception...
Five years ago Tony Abbott announced a massive plan to fix mobile coverage in the bush. An ABC investigation has discovered almost one in six towers funded under round one are not yet operational.
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