Mobile Network Hardening Program – Round 2

Overview

The Mobile Network Hardening Program (the Program) will increase the resilience of Australia’s mobile network telecommunications infrastructure to help prevent, mitigate and respond to outages during bushfires and other natural disasters. The Program is providing grants to upgrade the resilience of mobile telecommunications infrastructure in regional and remote Australia, and First Nations communities. Up to $15 million (GST exclusive) is available for Round 2 of the Program. Potential projects may include delivering longer periods of  backup power, emergency power solutions to facilitate rapid restoration of services, expanding protection zones around telecommunications sites, providing redundant Backhaul, or other physical hardening measures. Round 2 of the Program is funded from the Government’s Better Connectivity Plan for Regional and Rural Australia.