The government establishes a universal outdoor mobile regime; this ensures mobile coverage is available to all people in Australia on an equitable basis.

The Minister can set standards for mobile telecommunications services via legislative instrument.

The Minister can determine the specific circumstances or matters used to decide if a provider is appropriate for a coverage area.

Primary universal outdoor mobile providers must meet or exceed minimum service benchmarks.

Carriers and carriage service providers must meet or exceed minimum benchmarks.

The Minister can decide in writing if a person is a former provider.

Outdoor coverage obligations do not apply to buildings, vehicles, aircraft, vessels, or underground and underwater areas.

The government is creating a universal outdoor mobile regime. This ensures that people across Australia have fair and reasonable access to mobile coverage when they are outdoors.

For this law, 'outdoors' does not include buildings, vehicles, aircraft, boats, or areas underground or underwater.

The Minister can set the standards for mobile telecommunications services. The Minister also decides the factors used to determine if mobile coverage is being provided correctly.

Mobile carriers and service providers must meet or exceed minimum service benchmarks set by the Minister.

The primary provider of universal outdoor mobile services must meet specific benchmarks for the services they provide. This provider does not have to follow other rules if those rules clash with their universal outdoor mobile obligations.

The Minister can name a person as a 'former provider'. This allows the Minister to require that person to give information to customers.