Technology changes are set to make Orange more attractive for businesses to relocate from Sydney and Melbourne.
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Telstra area general manager Mike Marom said faster and more reliable internet connections, through both mobile and broadband networks, would encourage companies to shift.
“It will be a massive enabler,” he said.
Mr Marom said the lifestyle in regional areas was attractive to companies who could now benefit from improved connectivity.
“We’re seeing it now,” he said.
“I don’t think it’s a 20-30 year equation, it’s happening now.”
He said it would also benefit health care, agriculture and education.
“People won’t need to travel hundreds of kilometres for health care,” he said.
“With high-speed, high-definition connectivity it doesn’t rely on face-to-face [treatment].”
Mr Marom said there had been a significant increase in the number of nursing homes in some areas of NSW with better access to health care becoming available.
He said the roll out of the National Broadband Network [NBN] would also provide better connectivity in homes to enable more online education for students.
“Education is becoming more and more an online activity,” he said.
He also said it would enable farmers to adopt increased technology, including autonomous machinery, to operate their properties.
Mr Marom was in Orange on Tuesday after opening a mobile network base station at Trunkey Creek on Monday.
It was the country’s 350th as part of Telstra’s roll out of the federal government mobile black spot program.