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On 18 September 2007, a licence condition took effect (Telstra's carrier licence conditions Clause 15) that required Telstra to keep the CDMA network open until the Next G network provided equivalent or better coverage and services.

Under the terms of the licence condition, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy was required to notify Telstra by 21 January 2008 whether he was satisfied that Telstra's Next G network was providing equivalent or better coverage and retail services when compared with its CDMA network.

The Minister announced on 18 January 2008 that the closure of Telstra's CDMA network would be postponed beyond 28 January 2008.

Two reports that the Minister took into consideration in making his decision to postpone the closure beyond 18 January were publicly released. They were:

• The Australian Communications and Media Authority Report on CDMA-Next G Coverage Equivalence (File size: 789Kb).
  Note: Only the main body of the report was made available—content identified by Telstra as being commercial-in-confidence was removed from the published version.
• A report of the Survey of Next G product availability and advice (File size: 741Kb). This survey was undertaken by HOED Mystery Shopping, a specialist mystery shopping organisation, in partnership with ACA Research, a professional market research company.

The Minister released details on 25 February 2008 of measures that Telstra would take to allow the closure of its CDMA mobile network.

Telstra undertook a number of actions to ensure equivalence of coverage and retail service and enable the closure of the CDMA network. Telstra agreed to a number of these actions being independently verified

• Telstra's plan of action (File size: 326Kb)

Telstra reported to the Minister on 20 March on the rectification action that had been undertaken. The Minister announced on 15 April that Telstra's CDMA mobile network could be closed. Telstra closed the CDMA network on 28 April.

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