Australia's three mobile carriers, through the Mobile Carriers Forum, have launched an online training programme for industry employees in bid to reduce the carbon footprint and electricity costs of mobile networks, which typically account for 93 percent of operators' energy consumption.

The Mobile Carriers Forum (MCF) - the body representing Australia's cellular network operators - has written to the Tasmanian Government warning that its planning rules could see the carriers winding back network upgrade plans.

The NSW Government says it will amend the state planning system "to fast-track delivery by the Federal Government of broadband Internet to homes and businesses across metropolitan and regional NSW."