{"id":8707,"date":"2019-10-01T09:29:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T23:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=8707"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T03:44:11","slug":"what-mobile-network-does-mate-use","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/","title":{"rendered":"What mobile network does MATE use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MATE uses parts of Telstra\u2019s 5G and 4G mobile networks. The service provides 5G Coverage reaching at least 75% of the Australian population. The Telstra Wholesale mobile coverage area footprint reaches more than 98.8% of the Australian population and covers more than 1.6 million square kilometres of the Australian landmass.<\/p>\n<p>To check if the MATE mobile network services your place, enter your address on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mobile-network-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mobile network coverage page.<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MATE uses parts of Telstra\u2019s 5G and 4G mobile networks. The service provides 5G Coverage reaching at least 75% of the Australian population. The Telstra Wholesale mobile coverage area footprint reaches more than 98.8% of the Australian population and covers more than 1.6 million square kilometres of the Australian landmass. To check if the MATE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","faq_category":[48,37],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What mobile network does MATE use? - MATE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MATE&#039;s SIM-only mobile plans use parts of Telstra&#039;s 4G and 3G mobile network. This covers an impressive 23 million Australians.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What mobile network does MATE use? - MATE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MATE&#039;s SIM-only mobile plans use parts of Telstra&#039;s 4G and 3G mobile network. This covers an impressive 23 million Australians.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"mate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matecommunicate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-29T03:44:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mate-opengraph-image.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@matecommunicate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/\",\"name\":\"What mobile network does MATE use? - MATE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-30T23:29:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-29T03:44:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"MATE's SIM-only mobile plans use parts of Telstra's 4G and 3G mobile network. This covers an impressive 23 million Australians.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What mobile network does MATE use?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/\",\"name\":\"mate\",\"description\":\"Mate Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mate Communicate\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo.png\",\"width\":115,\"height\":31,\"caption\":\"Mate Communicate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matecommunicate\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matecommunicate\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What mobile network does MATE use? - MATE","description":"MATE's SIM-only mobile plans use parts of Telstra's 4G and 3G mobile network. This covers an impressive 23 million Australians.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What mobile network does MATE use? - MATE","og_description":"MATE's SIM-only mobile plans use parts of Telstra's 4G and 3G mobile network. This covers an impressive 23 million Australians.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/","og_site_name":"mate","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matecommunicate","article_modified_time":"2025-07-29T03:44:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mate-opengraph-image.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@matecommunicate","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/","url":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/","name":"What mobile network does MATE use? - MATE","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-09-30T23:29:18+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-29T03:44:11+00:00","description":"MATE's SIM-only mobile plans use parts of Telstra's 4G and 3G mobile network. This covers an impressive 23 million Australians.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/faq\/what-mobile-network-does-mate-use\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What mobile network does MATE use?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/","name":"mate","description":"Mate Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#organization","name":"Mate Communicate","url":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo.png","width":115,"height":31,"caption":"Mate Communicate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matecommunicate","https:\/\/twitter.com\/matecommunicate"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/8707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=8707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}