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Derek Rose

Vodafone is back and a legit challenger, owner says

A network-sharing agreement has more than doubled coverage for Vodaphone customers. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Thanks to a big expansion of its network, Vodafone is emerging as a legitimate threat to Australia's incumbent mobile phone operators, its corporate owner says.

In January last year, a network-sharing agreement between Optus and TPG Telecom went live, giving Vodafone customers access to Optus' network towers, more than doubling its coverage area to one million square kilometres.

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