People in rural areas who suffer from mobile connectivity can get mobile signal boosters at no cost.
Standing in a remote area with a mobile phone at the end of an extended arm will become a thing of the past for rural residents in Indigo Shire.
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Funding from the Federal Government’s Black Summer bushfire recovery grant scheme is providing signal boosters at no cost to people in rural areas who suffer from poor mobile phone connectivity.
Community Business Connect, part of the AgBiz Assist group, has been awarded a $2.3 million grant from the Rural Connectivity for Recovery and Resilience project.
AgBiz Assist engagement manager Jackie Morgan said recent changes in the grant meant that it was now available to more people.
“The original project was for affected people in the bush only, but the scope of the project has been widened,” Ms Morgan said.
“If someone is in the Indigo Shire and they suffer from mobile connectivity, we will install a mobile signal booster at no cost.”
Community Business Connect also offers one-on-one education, support and communication analysis for residents of impacted communities.
Jackie Morgan and Nerida Kerr from AgBiz Assist at Numurkah's Startup Shakeup event on Friday, October 27.
Applicants need to be experiencing low to no mobile signal coverage and not already have a mobile signal booster installed.
AgBiz Assist encourages residents outside of the program to register interest for replicating the program in other regions in the future.
“The call to action is that they just need to complete this survey,” Ms Morgan said.
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