Tag: Triple Zero

Wells says triple zero upgrades a success despite dropped calls

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Communications minister Anika Wells has defended the performance of Australia’s triple zero network during Wednesday’s Telstra outage after around three dozen calls to the service were dropped on their...

‘Not up to the job’: ACMA hammered over 000 investigation

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A Senate committee has put Australia’s telco regulator to the torch for the way it investigated reports of fatalities during last year’s triple zero outages, accusing them of “disturbing”...

Govt moves to review triple zero laws after deadly outages

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will review the laws underpinning Australia’s triple zero net, more than two years after a catastrophic Optus outage first exposed gaps in the emergency call system....

Albanese raises deadly Optus outage with Singapore PM

Posted on   |  by Renju Jose
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had raised the recent deadly outage of Singtel-owned Optus’s emergency call number with his Singaporean counterpart, Lawrence Wong, in a bilateral meeting held...

Singtel says Optus CEO needs time to fix Triple Zero issues

Posted on   |  by Christine Chen and Renju Jose
Optus’ chief executive will need more time to get its house in order, the boss of parent Singapore Telecommunications said on Tuesday, after back-to-back emergency call outages in Australia...

Mobile coverage pledge: The missing piece of the telco puzzle

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
Labor has announced a new telecommunications policy that will provide Australians with access to outdoor mobile voice calls and SMS almost everywhere across Australia. The new Universal Outdoor Mobile...

Govt pledges universal mobile coverage across Australia

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australians will have access to mobile phone calling and SMS services almost anywhere in Australia by 2027 under an Albanese government election pledge to leverage Starlink and other low...