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A major Optus outage that left Australians without access to emergency services has been blamed on human error as its embattled CEO fights to keep his position.

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Telco had resisted new rules that will require greater sharing of information with authorities during outages

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Calls are growing across the political spectrum for the boss of Optus to stand down after his network oversaw a brutal network outage linked to multiple deaths.

As governments condemn Optus for failing the Australian people, consumers worry the telco has ‘not learned from its previous experience’

The president spoke at the memorial in Arizona soon after the rightwing influencer’s widow said she forgave the man charged with fatally shooting her husband

Communications Minister Anika Wells says the telco has “failed the Australian people”.

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

Asked today whether Optus’s chief executive should be considering his future after the “completely unacceptable” Triple Zero outage, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the ABC “I would be surprised if that wasn’t occurring.” Communications Minister Anika Wells has also vowed “Optus will be held to account”.

A reliance on self-regulation has turned the telco sector into the wild west, an expert warns as Optus reels in the aftermath of another serious outage.