BOYNE VALLEY EXPERIENCING STRANGE PHENOMENON
Mobile phones have been a-buzz in pockets throughout the Boyne Valley since the first mobile base station at Ubobo has been switched on. Communications has long been an issue in the valley and after considerable advocacy, local member, Ken O’Dowd, secured funding for the tower under the federal government’s Mobile Black Spot Programme (MBSP).
Residents and visitors in Ubobo, in the Boyne Valley, will be able to connect with loved ones on Australia’s largest mobile network for the first time this Christmas, with Telstra activating a new mobile base station in the region overnight.
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