Rural communities hoping to see more money spent on reducing mobile phone black spots will be disappointed by this year's federal budget.

The Coalition has not allocated any new funding for its Mobile Black Spot programme, whereby it works with telecommunications companies and state governments to help build new phone towers in regional areas.

Dodgy or non-existent mobile reception and slow internet are a major problem for regional communities, who complain that poor coverage is a serious safety issue and hurts local businesses.

Everywhere from remote central-west Queensland to within 30 minutes of the nation's capital, residents are increasingly frustrated with black spots and painfully slow internet.

There are 6000 nominated mobile black spots across the country and the Federal Government's programme aims to fix 499 of them.

The original $100 million programme was hugely oversubscribed and a further $60 million for a second round of projects was subsequently announced.

Towns who applied for funding in the latter round will find out later this year whether their submissions have been successful.

The National Farmers' Federation had called for an expanded commitment to Mobile Black Spot programme, to help farmers tap into the latest technology to improve efficiency and reduce costs.