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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Telstra mobile outage affects national network

Map of Telstra mobile network outage reports across Australian on 21 May
Map of Telstra mobile network outage reports across Australian on 21 May. Photograph: Aussie Outages

Telstra says it has resolved an outage affecting its 4G and 3G mobile services has cut off customers across Australia.

The disruption was first reported mid morning on Monday services were fully restored by mid afternoon.

Telstra tweeted: “Mobile voice and data services have returned to normal levels. We’ll closely monitor network stability and performance and continue supporting our customers to restore their services. We’re again deeply sorry for any disruption as we know how customers rely on our mobile services.”

Earlier on Monday, customers complained on social media that their phones were only offering emergency calls and they could not access mobile data.

Shortly after midday Telstra said its service was improving for some customers.

The Aussie Outages website was tracking the fault reports on Monday and showed reports peaked late morning and started to decline just before noon.

Aussie Outages graph of the Telstra mobile network outage reports across Australia on Monday morning.
The Aussie Outages graph of the Telstra mobile network outage reports across Australia on Monday morning. Photograph: Aussie Outages
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