About
A WA-owned carrier, grounded in country.
Digital Soul Australia is a privately held Western Australian carrier. We own and operate the infrastructure that keeps regional WA connected. And we do it from here.
Our story
Across regional and remote Western Australia, there are telecommunications networks that were built with real investment, hard work and community backing, yet many aren't delivering the outcomes they were designed for. Digital Soul Australia has acquired a number of these assets with a clear, commercial focus: to get them working properly, reactivate network services, and ensure they deliver for the communities that supported them.
Today we own and operate 21 tower sites across the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Mid-West, with a deliberate approach: making better use of existing infrastructure rather than duplicating it, and investing progressively where there is a clear technical, community and commercial case.
Leadership
Digital Soul Australia is led by Managing Director Richard Fear MAICD, a senior telecommunications engineer and executive with extensive experience designing, deploying and operating regional and remote telecommunications infrastructure across Australia.
Richard's career spans over 15 years in the Australian telecommunications industry, including 11 years at Optus progressing from Cadet Engineer to Chief Engineer and Project Director across mobile radio planning, network operations and strategic projects. He subsequently served as Head of RAN at Field Solutions Group and General Manager at Pivotel Group, before focusing full-time on building Digital Soul Australia as an owner-operator of regional wireless infrastructure.
Richard also holds non-executive director roles at Advanced Avionics Australia and Manticore Technologies.
What we stand for
WA owned
Privately held, Western Australian based, accountable to the communities we serve.
Community focused
Our towers sit in real places with real names. That's not branding. It's where our work lives.
Indigenous aware
We acknowledge Country, build with respect, and are committed to supporting Indigenous businesses and communities.
AI-native operations
Digital Soul Australia is building its business and network operations as AI-native from the ground up. We are developing AI-enabled capability across OSS/BSS automation, asset management, network planning and operational assurance.
Network planning
AI-assisted network planning to help prioritise capital investment and direct resources where they deliver the greatest practical outcome.
Asset intelligence
Tools to improve visibility of site condition and upgrade pathways across the portfolio.
Service automation
Automation to support service qualification, wholesale access, provisioning workflows and customer reporting.
Operational assurance
Fault triage and operational intelligence to reduce costs, improve service visibility and respond faster.
This operating model is designed to help us run leaner, plan more accurately and build a commercially sustainable regional telecommunications business.
Acknowledgement of Country
Digital Soul Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we build, operate and connect, including the Noongar, Yamaji and Wongi peoples of Western Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Credentials
Registered carrier
Licensed by ACMA, ACMA Carrier Licence No. 647
TIO member
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
IAA member
Internet Association of Australia
WISPAU member
WISP Association of Australia
ABN
91 635 762 711