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Australian incumbent to make improvements to mobile, core, ADSL networks following embarrassing outages.
Telstra on Wednesday announced it is channelling A$250 million (€167 million) of its capex budget into improving the reliability of its networks, following several high-profile outages earlier this year.
The Australian incumbent said the investment aims to shorten recovery time and improve real-time monitoring of its mobile network. The telco will also make its core network more resilient and bolster capacity in its ADSL network to meet increasing customer demand.
"These are important measures and I want to assure you that I am committed to doing everything we can to strengthen our network," said Telstra CEO Andrew Penn, in a statement.
Telstra has suffered a series of embarrassing network outages this year, most recently in May, when some NBN and ADSL customers had difficulty connecting to the Internet. This followed three incidents affecting its mobile networks in February and March.
Telstra has completed an end-to-end review of its networks in close collaboration with its suppliers, and has already spent A$50 million on implementing its recommendations. Wednesday’s announcement aims to further improve resiliency over the next six-to-12 months.
Penn said the telco is committed to "continuing to invest in building the durability and capability of our network, and in our ability to respond quickly if things do go wrong to minimise the impact on customers."
