Telstra and Vodafone go to war over coverage claims | The Business | ABC NEWS
Read Rhiana Whitson’s story here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/vodafone-tpg-claims-telstra-coverage-less-than-advertised/105300124
Vodafone has called on the ACCC to investigate Telstra for “misleading customers” over the extent of its mobile network coverage, which it says has resulted in an unfair market advantage.
In a rare public spat between major telcos, Vodafone alleges Telstra has engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct for more than 15 years, by overstating the reach of its mobile network by as much as 40 per cent.
Telstra’s advertised claim that it has a “mobile network coverage area of 3 million square kilometres covering 99.7 per cent of the Australian population” had, until May this year, failed to state that the figure was based on consumers using an external antenna and booster. However, Telstra denies misleading consumers saying, “No matter how you look at it, Telstra’s mobile network covers more of Australia than any other.”
This story by Rhiana Whitson, voiced by Emilia Terzon.
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