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The Regional Tech Hub, Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland MP, and the National Farmers’ Federation launched Connectivity Month to jumpstart awareness and inform people of the options available to help them get connected and stay connected to their mobile and internet services.

National Broadband Network connectivity has a critical role to play in supporting economic growth across Australia’s agriculture sector now and into the future, according to a new research report, which estimates it could add $15.6 billion to the value of the farming, forestry and fishery sectors.

The Telecommunications Reform legislation provides a guarantee for all premises to access broadband services, but concerns remain in regional Australia about the reliability of telephone services.

The coalition pushing for improved regional communications services says the federal government’s newly announced broadband monitoring programme doesn’t go far enough and more needs to be done to redress communications problems still plaguing rural and remote areas.

National agtech innovation hub SproutX, a joint initiative between financial services group Findex and the National Farmers’ Federation, has opened what it says is Australia’s first co-working space dedicated exclusively to agtech start-ups and bolstered its services with new international expertise.