Tamworth residents, telecommunications specialists and others right across the New England North West towns and villages are being encouraged to identify the worst blackspots.
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NSW Senator Davey encouraged all interested stakeholders, telecommunications providers and rural technology partners to "work together to find solutions to regional connectivity issues" and to lodge an application.
Travellers hit a hundreds of dead zones on the roads around the region, according to a national blackspot map.
There are five community identified blackspots from Tamworth to Manilla and eight from Tamworth to Gunnedah.
Travelling from Tamworth to Armidale, there are six, and continuing along the New England Highway to Tenterfield a further 11.
Normally, the time for blackspot funding applications would be coming up, however people are now able to make a submission right up until March 5.
The extension was granted for round 5A of the Mobile Phone Black Spot Program to allow stakeholders more time to identify effective solutions for regional and remote areas in need of coverage.
Ms Davey said the extension will allow potential applicants to take the time to consider all potential solutions to connectivity issues in areas with low population or geographical restrictions.
"There is no doubt the Mobile Phone Black Spot Program has been a resounding success over the past five rounds with 1,200 new base stations contracted throughout regional Australia," Ms Davey said.
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She said the reality is, with every new round, the challenge becomes harder because they are now down to the really difficult areas.
"They are either so sparsely populated there is no business case, or there are geographic challenges which means a traditional tower is not the solution," Ms Davey explained.
"That is why in this round we will test a range of different program designs so we can continue to expand and improve mobile coverage for regional and remote Australia."
