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Optus customers again cut off from emergency services

by Harry Baldock | Sep 29, 2025

This week, Australian telco Optus has revealed that it has suffered yet another network outage, just weeks after a previous incident was revealed to have left hundreds of customers without access to emergency services.

Optus ditches football rights to focus on telecoms

by Harry Baldock | Jul 2, 2025

Optus has today announced it has accepted an offer from Nine Entertainment Co and Stan to assign the rights to the Premier League and Emirates FA Cup for the remainder of the rights term.

Optus clashes with AustralianSuper over slow tower build

by Harry Baldock | Aug 12, 2024

AustralianSuper says Optus is failing to deliver the more than 500 additional towers it requires as part of a deal with Australia Tower Network

Optus and Cisco partner for network security deal

by Georgia Sweeting | Jul 4, 2024

News The partnership comes as a response to the growing complexities of cyber-attacks, skill...

Optus sued by regulator over 2022 cyber-attack

by Georgia Sweeting | May 23, 2024

Australia’s Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has begun legal action against Optus, the country’s second largest telco, over a data breach it suffered in 2022.

Aussie telcos Optus and TPG team up for network sharing

by Harry Baldock | Apr 30, 2024

News TPG had initially agreed a similar deal with Telstra, but this was quashed by the competition...

Singtel confirms Optus is not for sale

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 3, 2024

Singtel, Southeast Asia’s largest telecoms operator, has issued an announcement to the Singapore Stock Exchange today, explaining that “there is no impending deal to divest Optus which remains a strategic and integral part of the Singtel Group.”

Optus CEO resigns after network outage

by Georgia Sweeting | Nov 20, 2023

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, CEO of Australian telco Optus has resigned from her position of three years after a countrywide network failure this month left millions without connectivity.

Millions affected in Optus network outage

by Georgia Sweeting | Nov 8, 2023

Optus, Australia’s second largest telecoms provider, suffered a major service outage yesterday, leaving nearly half of the country’s population without mobile or internet services for over 12 hours.

The mobile operator, which is owned by Singapore Telecommunications, serves over 10 million Australians directly with mobile services, equating to roughly 40% of the country’s population.