For mobile operators, building new telecommunications infrastructure in regional and remote areas is sometimes not commercially viable because of low population density and high building costs. As a result, there is a gap in telecommunications network quality between Australia's Fast-growing Cities and regional areas.
While the NBN is able to provide almost every address with a broadband connection, there is still a gap in mobile network coverage, data speeds and infrastructure reliability between cities and the places people live and work in Small Towns, Rural Communities and Remote Areas.