The Australian Government is seeking views on draft legislation establishing a Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation (UOMO), to ensure access to basic outdoor mobile coverage (SMS and voice services) across Australia.
Why we want your input
The Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation) Bill 2025 provides a legislative framework for the UOMO. The UOMO will require mobile providers to deliver reasonable and equitable access to baseline outdoor mobile coverage across Australia, including across the 5 million square kilometres of Australia currently without mobile coverage.How you can voice your opinion
Please read the explanatory information and draft legislation. Upload your submission by using the “Have your Say” button below, or email UOMO@infrastructure.gov.auThe consultation closes on 19 October 2025, at 11.59pm AEDT.
What will be the outcome of this consultation?
Your submission will help inform legislation to be introduced to Parliament.The Issue
On 25 February 2025, the Australian Government announced that it would establish a Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation (UOMO) as a first step towards modernising the universal services framework.
The UOMO will require Optus, Telstra and TPG to ensure that baseline outdoor mobile coverage- SMS and voice - is reasonably available across Australia on an equitable basis. This will benefit remote, regional and peri-urban communities, improving Triple Zero access and expand public safety connectivity.
We are seeking your feedback on the draft legislation.
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We invite you to tell us your views on this topic.
Please include:
- contact name
- organisation name, if applicable
- contact details, including telephone number, postal and email addresses
- confirmation whether or not your submission can be made public—published—or kept confidential.
All submissions to be made public need to meet the Digital Service Standard for accessibility. Any submission that does not meet this standard may be modified before being made public.
If your submission is to be made public, please ensure you do not include any personal information that you don't want to be published.
If your submission is confidential, please ensure each page of the submission is marked as confidential.
Please click on the 'Have your say now' button below to upload your submission.
Alternatively please email your submission to UOMO@infrastructure.gov.au.
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Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation (UOMO) draft legislation
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