TPG Telecom is building a digital twin of its network infrastructure to predict outages and potentially other kinds of essential service breakdowns during disasters, after picking up a $1.3 million federal grant.

The telco is building the simulation tool with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and hopes to partner with emergency services agencies and power companies on the project.

The digital twin is intended to provide a virtual recreation of TPG Telecom’s 5G infrastructure based on real-time information from the network and, potentially, from emergency services providers and energy utilities.

TPG Telecom said that the simulation could help it to address environmental risks to its infrastructure and services sooner than the traditional methods.

It would also help the carri

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