Australians are being urged to check their devices - including older phone handsets and medical equipment - to ensure they will still work after the 3G network is retired.
The wind-down date was set for end of August, but has now been extended another two months after advocates warned many Australians remain unprepared for the transition.
The Federation has been running a website called the Regional Tech Hub to help people in regional Australia deal with the transition. "And the fact that there would be a population that would not have access to triple-zero is alarming. It's really important that you have an awareness campaign, but also some people just can't afford to update their system. And it is not their own doing that there is a replacement . And so we need to make sure that we support those people. Many of them, elder or vulnerable, and they rely on these devices and they don't have the money.
"This again, highlights the need for some kind of medical device register; and certainly some increased regulation of the medical device industry. Because we know regulation in that area is quite lax and the medical device industry needs to take some responsibility for ensuring that they know who are using their devices.
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