{"id":33405,"date":"2026-06-18T00:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/33405\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T00:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:39:06","slug":"vodafones-mobile-network-crash-leaves-millions-of-australians-potentially-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/33405\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone’s mobile network crash leaves millions of Australians potentially affected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vodafone Australia’s mobile network has crashed, potentially affecting millions of Australians.<\/p>\n

A statement from the company said it was aware some customers could be experiencing “intermittent issues” with its service and it was urgently investigating.<\/p>\n

“We apologise for the inconvenience and are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible,” the company told ABC News.<\/p>\n

“We will provide an update as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

“We recommend customers power cycle their device to restore services.”<\/p>\n

The mobile provider’s own Network Status Checker<\/a> displayed a “502 Bad Gateway” message midway through Thursday morning, but has since been brought back online.<\/p>\n

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Vodafone Australia’s Network Status Checker itself appeared to be down on Thursday morning. (Vodafone Australia)<\/p>\n

Customers reported Vodafone stores in Australia were also affected by the outage, and calls by the ABC to several stores returned messages that their numbers were not connected.<\/p>\n

Vodafone is Australia’s third-largest mobile network operator, behind Telstra and Optus.<\/p>\n

In addition to direct subscribers, its network is used by customers of TPG, iiNet, Internode and Lebara.<\/p>\n

As of February 2025, the network provided services to 5.4 million customers across Australia.<\/p>\n

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