Optus reveals nearly half a million phones may be unable to dial Triple Zero
Optus has told regulators around 470,000 Samsung devices using its network may be unable to call Triple Zero…
Optus and other telcos ‘not meeting needs’ of people with complaints over network issues: ombudsman
Two Optus customers have accused the embattled telco of trapping them in a complaint “merry-go-round”, as more people…
Optus investigating ‘significant’ outage in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula
More than 14,000 Optus customers south-east of Melbourne have lost service, with the telco warning calls to emergency…
Liberals find brief lull in internal hostilities for a passable week
Notwithstanding the low bar of recent performance, Sussan Ley’s battered and slouching Liberals managed a passably good sitting…
Tony Burke suddenly keen to answer questions about Islamic State relatives
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Brett Worthington gets you up to speed on the…
Optus email mishap left department in dark about triple-0 outage, even after Anika Wells’ office told
Optus sent two emails about its triple-0 outage to the wrong public service email address, where they sat…
Anika Wells points to surprise stress test of triple-0 network ahead of bushfire season
The adequacy of Australia’s emergency call network will be stress tested with a surprise drill ahead of bushfire…
Optus customer details failed triple-0 call after mother was trapped by mobility scooter
An Optus customer has detailed the distressing moment she could not reach emergency services when her mother became…
Optus outage ‘unlikely’ to have contributed to baby boy’s death, police say
The death of an eight-week-old boy north of Adelaide on Thursday is “unlikely” to have been caused by…
Three Die in Australia After Optus Emergency Calls Fail
(Bloomberg) — Optus, the Australian unit of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., is facing multiple investigations and potential penalties after…