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Optus says two chief officers are leaving as part of "planned leadership transitions" following its network's triple-zero outages.

Federal authorities only found out about a catastrophic Optus triple-zero outage a day after it was resolved because the telco notified the wrong email address.

A Federal Court judge on Wednesday ordered Optus to pay a A$100 million fine for its “appalling” high-pressure sales tactics over several years up to 2023. More than 400 people were pressured or misled into buying phones or contracts they didn’t want, couldn’t afford – or in some cases couldn’t…

An Australian judge has fined telecommunications giant Optus $66 million for unconscionable conduct under consumer law

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.

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

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

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.