However, due to power outages and transmission link failures, there continued to be service outages from Townsville through to Bowen which are.

Gallagher said the telco was offering Yasi-affected customers extended payment periods, mobile handset and mobile modem loans and other financial assistance on a case by case basis.

Yesterday the extent of the from cyclone Yasi is not yet known, according to communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.