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Australian telcos activate temporary disaster roaming
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Disaster areas eligible for temporary disaster roaming at one time
Telstra, Optus and TPG have agreed to provide temporary access to another mobile network when a customer’s own network is disrupted by severe weather. The service will be limited to regional areas and specific disaster zones.
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Telstra, Optus and TPG are participating in temporary disaster roaming.
“Australia's three major telcos are ready to switch on a system”
Temporary disaster roaming allows customers to use another available mobile network when their own network is disrupted by severe weather.
“give customers access to a rival network if their own goes down during a weather emergency”
Temporary disaster roaming requires another mobile network to be available in the affected area.
“For TDR to work, there must be another network available in that area”