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To: DaveMG who wrote (32431)	6/16/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Telsta Build Out> June 16, 1999 Dow Jones Newswires Australia's Telstra Extends Mobile Network Roll Out SYDNEY -- Australia's dominant telecommunications company Telstra Corp. (TLS) said Wednesday it will extend the roll out of its mobile telephone network, Code Division Multiple Access, to more rural areas. CDMA is designed to replace the analog network, which Telstra will begin to wind down later this year. The company said the network will be enlarged to include country towns that are covered by its Global Systems for Mobile Communications Network, or GSM, but don't have analog coverage. This means that the roll out will cover areas beyond the current reach of the analog network, Telstra said in a statement. "There are over 100 towns and areas across country Australia that are covered by Telstra's GSM that have no analog coverage, we plan to roll out into these areas with CDMA commencing early 2000," said Jonathon Marchbank, managing director of Telstra's mobile telephone division. "Telstra's first priority is...to have CDMA roll out into areas that are currently serviced by the analog network that is expected to close Dec. 31, 1999. Once we have achieved this we will commence CDMA roll out into the remainder of the analog network areas and these GSM only country locations," Marchbank said. An executive at Telstra wasn't immediately available to comment on which rural areas will get the extended coverage. Around 0550 GMT, shares in Telstra were down 2 cents at A$7.85, in a market 0.1% lower at 2938.9 points. A spokeswoman for Telstra later told Dow Jones Newswires the extended roll out will encompass 111 country towns. In Western Australia state, the company will add 24 towns to the network; in Queensland state, 22 towns; and in Tasmania, 17 towns. In Victoria and News South Wales, Australia's highest populated states, Telstra will add 19 towns and 16 towns, respectively. In the country's least populated areas, South Australia state and Northern Territory, a combined 13 towns will join the network. Shares in Telstra closed down one cent at A$7.86. The All Ordinaries index finished 1.3 points higher Wednesday at 2942.2 points.