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Technology
Stephanie Gardiner

Rural phone coverage reform to be a 'long conversation'

Regional communities have long called for reform as mobile, wireless and satellite tech advances. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Country Australians will get to have their say on improving phone coverage in the bush, as the federal government moves to overhaul an antiquated and expensive system.

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has told Australia's peak farming body the government is set to open public consultation on how to reform the universal service obligation (USO).

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