A widespread telecommunications outage in Australia resulted in the death of several citizens.
The telecommunications outage in Australia, reportedly linked to the deaths of several people, has sparked a wave of public outrage.
Government officials have warned that Optus, the country’s second-largest telecommunications provider, will face serious consequences.
This disruption affected more than half of Australia last week, and hundreds of people were unable to contact emergency services for about 13 hours.
Optus has confirmed that at least three people have died due to this incident.
The CEO of the company apologized to the families and the public, calling the incident a completely unacceptable failure.
According to official statistics, more than 600 emergency calls were unsuccessful last Thursday, mainly in the southwestern states and the Northern Territory.
Additionally, at least two calls from southwestern New South Wales were not connected.
Optus delayed informing about the problem by 40 hours and did not notify regulatory bodies until the issue was resolved.