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Australian telco Optus admits that 2697 triple zero calls failed during nationwide outage — ten times more than previously disclosed to federal government
Australia's second-largest telco, Optus, has admitted today that almost 2700 calls to triple zero simply di...
Australia's second-largest telco, Optus, has admitted today that almost 2700 calls to triple zero simply didn't work during their national service outage on November 8 last year. The telco now says that an "additional 2468 customers that made triple zero calls from our network did not reach the emergency service centre and for which a welfare check was not undertaken", putting the total figure at 2697. (Photo by Brendon Thorne / Getty Images)Michael Venter is the interim CEO of Optus following the departure of Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, who oversaw the company during the 2022 data breach and the 2023 national outage.
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