Australia has foreshadowed changes to the nation’s telecommunications industry after

Australia has foreshadowed changes to the nation’s telecommunications industry after a major company’s failure to connect hundreds of emergency calls was linked to four deaths

ByROD MCGUIRK Associated PressSeptember 22, 2025, 12:51 AMOptus, Australia’s second-largest telecom company, blamed a “technical failure ” on Thursday last week for 624 позвънявания, които не съумяват да се свържат с незабавни служби. Докато американците назовават ​​„ 9-1-1 “ при незабавни случаи, австралийците назовават ​​„ 0-0-0 “. Someone died in four of those Australian emergencies.

Optus was fined more than 12 million Australia dollars ($8 million) for failing to meet emergency call rules during another network outage on Nov. 8, 2023.

Telstra, Australia’s largest telecom company, was fined AU$3 million ($2 million) in December last year for failing to comply with emergency call rules during a technical disruption at its “0-0-0 ” call center.

Communications Minister Anika Wells said on Monday the Australi...

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