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The deal will also give Telstra access to 169 existing TPG Telecom sites, where the former plans to introduce additional infrastructure in a bid to improve connectivity for customers of both corporations.
Speaking about the proposed deal, Telstra CEO Andrew Penn had this to say:
CEO Iñaki Berroeta also commented on the possibility of an expanded network, stating that TPG Telecom will be “open for business in regional and rural Australia like never before, offering a 4G network that provides 98.8% population coverage and rapidly growing 5G coverage across the nation.”
TPG Telecom estimates that the extended coverage will be available to its customers by the end of 2022 but the deal is yet to be approved by the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission). If it all goes ahead, TPG Telecom will have the option to extend the deal for another decade (in five-year increments).
That’s in the short term, at least. Vodafone, and more recently Felix, have traditionally offered more affordable mobile plans at the expense of coverage. Whether or not the network-sharing deal will impact plan pricing from TPG Telecom’s four providers is yet to be seen.
There was also no mention of Vodafone’s own MVNOs in the announcement. So we don’t know exactly what the news would mean for providers like Kogan Mobile, CMobile and Lebara.
To give you an idea of how much a plan on the Vodafone network currently costs, here are some of the most popular plans on the network this week:
