THE Federal Government has released draft legislation for the Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation (UOMO), alongside its long-awaited response to the 2024 Regional Telecommunications Review. The UOMO will require mobile carriers to provide reasonable access to mobile voice and text outdoors almost everywhere across Australia. Can rural Australians expect to see improvements to their mobile coverage as a result of this legislation or is the status quo reasonable enough? “With UOMO now positioned as the centrepiece of the Government’s regional connectivity agenda, the pressure to deliver tangible improvements for rural Australians could not be higher. The Government is seeking views from industry, community stakeholders and the Australian public on the draft legislation by 19 October.