If you are licensed ACMA carrier with a relevant contract with Telstra, you can apply for Tower Site Sharing to provide carriage services to customers, including mobile phone coverage, point-to-point radio transmission or WiFi type broadband data coverage.
A current Telstra Wholesale customer who is a licensed carrier or carriage service provider may be eligible for Tower Site Sharing, subject to agreement to the relevant terms and conditions for access. If you are a Telstra Wholesale customer and licensed carrier you can request Tower Site Sharing by undertaking Make Ready Works (MRWs).
Ordering and provisioning follows a six-stage process and complies with recommendations of the National Colocation Framework Agreement of 2001.
The tower site share access may involve installation or use of one or more of the following:
- antennae
- pole or tower
- hut
- Telstra floor-space.
Sign-up
Existing Telstra Wholesale customers will need to sign up to one of the following site-share schedules:
- CRA31 (Core Network sites) or CRA35 (PMTS sites) in a Customer Relationship agreement, or
- TWA33 (Telstra Wholesale Agreement)
Ordering Process
As part of the ordering process you will need to work with us to complete:
- Preliminary information and approval in principle (AIP) requests
- A detailed design and construct plan (D&CP) and request for facilities access for Site Share Access
- Request for physical access to construct per site
- Notification of construction completion
- Site Inspection(PSI) with Telstra representatives
- As Built drawings for Database of Records (DboR) updates.
Wholesale customers who require access to Telstra Exchanges, mobile sites and DUCT network, need to email: TWSiteShare@telstrawholesale.com for up to date physical access information.
- Order forms (XLS, 100KB)
- Planned Event and Outage Request Form (DOC, 55KB)
- Telstra Tower site Sharing Order Forms (XLS, 1MB)
- Level 6 As Built Declaration (DOC, 478KB)
- Accredited Asbestos Contractor List (PDF, 54KB)
- AC Power Viability Audit (DOC, 63 KB)
- Airconditioning in TEBA Areas (PDF, 201 KB ) (007 338 C3-7, Issue 1, 31/3/05)
- As Built Construction Certification
- Asbestos Management Procedure in Telstra (DOC, 8.40MB)
- Bird Proofing of RF Feeders (DOC, 560 KB)
- CAD Search Rev 1.1 (.SLXS 238KB)
- Civil Design Earthing standards (DOC, 440 KB)
- CoLocation submission guide (DOCX, 1.5MB)
- Contractor Access to Network Sites (PDF, 81 KB)
- Contractor Asbestos Management Guide(PDF, 868KB)
- Corporate Earthing Standard Design and Installation (PDF, 366 KB)
- 018947 Deployment Rules for Telstra Antenna Support Structures (Access Seeker use only) (.ZIP, 1.9MB)
- Earthing Items (PDF, 181 KB)
- Earthing Standards - Mobiles Low Impact Shelter (PDF, 351KB)
- Earthing Standards - Concrete Pole (PDF, 291KB)
- Earthing Standards - Steel Jacket Pole (PDF, 378KB)
- Eradication of Cardboard from Exchange Equipment Rooms (PDF, 400 KB)
- External Plant Standards (DOC, 528 KB)
- Fire and Dust Precautions (PDF, 75 KB)
- Health, Safety and Environment Framework for Telstra suppliers of services and products (DOC, 2MB)
- Hot Dust Work Permit
- JSEA Form
- List of Known Hazards (PDF, 120 KB) (003977A01, Issue 4, 27/7/05)
- Method of Procedure (MOP) Private Contractors (Product & Service 000169) (PDF, 82 KB)
- MOP Proforma (000169f02) mod
- MOP Proforma (000169f02) CAD_ID (DOC, 48KB)
- Non-Smoking Policy (PDF, 15 KB) (Contractor Guideline: 012971 Issue 2, 17/06/1999)
- Ordering and provisioning procedures (PDF, 98KB)
- Planned Event and Outage Management - TM00151 (PDF, 275 KB)
- Power & Earthing at Shared Sites (Standard 007 338 C4-3) (PDF, 173 KB)
- Power Viability Audit exemption (PDF, 761 KB)
- Process for antenna swap out and maintenance activity (PDF, 104KB)
- Procedure for Working in Network Sites (Issue 26) (PDF, 350KB)
- Protective Coating Schedule No. 233 (PDF, 23KB)
- Radio Site EME Compliance & Safe Work Procedure (005486) (ZIP, 6.2MB)
- Siteshare accredited structural engineers (PDF, 60KB)
- Site Share Tower Access Internal Exchange Equipment Approved Contractors
- Site Share RFNSA Site Update Advice SUA Comms (PDF, 261KB)
- Structure PSA Item List
- SOPW Schedule of Proposed Works (Doc, 242KB)
- TEBA Equipment Power and Earthing (PDF, 665 KB)
- TEBA Product Deployment (ZIP, 600 KB) (TM00151 Issue 7, Oct 2008)
- Telstra PSI Tower Access Checklist (DOC , 108 KB)
- Telstra Coating Schedule 228
- Terms and conditions (PDF, 105KB)
- Use of Mobile Phones in Exchanges and Transmission Sites (PDF, 20 KB) (009709 Version 1, 20/05/1999)
- Welding Modifications on Telstra's Antenna Support Structures (PDF, 79KB)
- WINS Application 013731f01 - V9
- 2.5 Percent Structure Loading Rule - Supplement (PDF, 430KB)
- 000169 MOP v.06 Procedure Document
Facilities Access Services