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Australian Mobile Carriers
Telstra Corporation Limited
SingTel Optus Pty Limited
Vodafone Australia – Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd

 

Australian Regulatory
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is responsible for the regulation of broadcasting, the internet, radiocommunications and telecommunications in Australia.
ACMA database of searchable mobile base stations
The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association is the peak industry body representing Australia’s mobile telecommunications industry.
Radio Frequency National internet archive of mobile telephone base stations and radio communication facilities in Australia.
ARPANSA
The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency is a Federal Government agency charged with responsibility for protecting the health and safety of people, and the environment, from the harmful effects of ionising and non ionising radiation
Details the frequencies used by base stations and the RF power.

 

International Regulatory
The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning more than 220 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem
The mission of 4G Americas is to promote, facilitate and advocate for the deployment of the 3GPP family of mobile broadband technologies throughout the ecosystem – including networks, services, applications and wirelessly connected devices – in the Americas.
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations that specify the general standard and future strategy of 3GPP.

 

General
Australia’s largest independent forum dedicated to telecommunications and information technology.
Great resource from Vodafone explaining the basic operation of a mobile network and base stations
A technical reference for understanding how GSM systems operate.
A Google Maps mashup incorporating base station locations for Australia
A a site that overlays all registered RF transmitters from the ACMA database on top of Google Maps