Tag: telecommunications outage


  • Optus Outage in Victoria: Premier Demands Answers After Copper Theft Triggers Crisis

    Optus Outage in Victoria: Premier Demands Answers After Copper Theft Triggers Crisis

    What happened and where In a developing telecommunications crisis, Optus services in parts of Victoria’s south-east were disrupted after copper thefts damaged critical network infrastructure. More than 14,000 customers reported the outage, with many unable to make calls or access mobile data. Accessibility to emergency services was also affected in some areas, highlighting the seriousness…

  • Optus Suffers Fresh Triple Zero Outage in Illawarra

    Optus Suffers Fresh Triple Zero Outage in Illawarra

    What happened Optus confirmed a fresh Triple Zero outage impacting parts of New South Wales’ Illawarra region on Sunday. The disruption left nearly 5,000 customers without access to the 000 emergency line as the fault affected the mobile network used to route calls to emergency services. In the Dapto area, at least nine attempts to…