US EditionThree Dead in Australia After Optus Glitch Disrupts Emergency Calls
A 13-hour Optus network failure blocked emergency calls for 600 customers, linked to three deaths including an infant, raising urgent calls for stronger telecom regulations.
- Three people died due to a technical failure that blocked Triple-0 calls in South Australia and Western Australia.
- The technical issue occurred during a network upgrade and affected approximately 600 customers in South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia.
- Optus Chief Executive Stephen Rue described the incident as 'completely unacceptable' and extended condolences to the families of the deceased.
- An investigation is ongoing, and Optus will cooperate with government agencies to ensure transparency regarding this incident.
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Three Dead, Including Infant, After Optus Emergency Call Failure
An eight-week-old baby is among three people confirmed dead as a result of an outage of the triple-zero (000) emergency network affecting up to 600 households in South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory. Australia’s second-largest telco, Optus, admitted responsibility at a press conference late on Sept. 19, saying a network upgrade had gone wrong, but gave few details. Chief Executive Stephen Rue said it was not clear why o…
‘Let Australians down’: Telco outage leaves three dead, triggers govt probe and public backlash
SYDNEY, Sept 20 — The Australian government said today that telco firm Optus “let Australians down” after three people died during a network outage that prevented calls to emergency services.The outage impacted 600 people across South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory shortly after midnight on Thursday evening for 13 hours.Authorities said they were not informed of the incident or deaths until late yesterday.Communications …
About 600 residents from three regions of Australia were affected, last night, by a panic on a phone network that lasted at least ten hours, according to AFP, quoted by Agerpres. The Australian government...
Four deaths in Australia blamed on emergency call system crash
SYDNEY - Optus, Australia’s second-largest telecom operator, has pledged to cooperate with official investigations after four people died following a technical failure that disrupted emergency call services for 13 hours.
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