Optus poaches senior Telstra executive for top technology chief role

Telecommunications giant Optus has announced a new chief technology officer, following the disastrous triple-0 outage last year.
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PS vs MR, BBL 15 match prediction: Who will win today’s game between Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades?

Perth Scorchers return to Optus Stadium on Wednesday to face Melbourne Renegades. Currently occupying second place on the ...
The Australian

Optus tops distrust rankings as telcos trail social media on scepticism

The Roy Morgan Risk Monitor data tracked the nine largest telecommunications companies to reveal that Optus was not only the most distrusted telco brand, but its recent fatal outage had significantly ...
Couriermail

Optus restores service to thousands after 'suspected vandalism' severs major fibre cable

“Optus confirms that mobile services in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula areas of Victoria have now been fully restored following a suspected vandalism incident earlier today,” the telco said in ...
The Australian Financial Review

Optus chief faces fresh calls to resign after fiery grilling

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Optus boss Stephen Rue has faced fresh calls to quit over the company’s botched handling of the catastrophic Triple Zero outage ...
Datacenter Dynamics

Optus blames Ericsson for Triple Zero outage earlier this week

Australian mobile carrier Optus has blamed vendor Ericsson for its Triple Zero outage earlier this week. The outage impacted the telco on Sunday (September 28), with Optus noting that the incident ...
The Conversation

Should the Optus chief quit? These 5 fixes would do far more to stop another 000 failure

I am a member of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) corporate governance consultative panel. I am a member of the Australian Law Council's Corporations Law Committee. I am ...
The Conversation

Optus Triple Zero outage has left multiple people dead. A telecommunications expert explains what went wrong – and how to fix it

Mark A Gregory has received funding from the Australian Research Council, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network grants program and the auDA Foundation. He is a life member of the ...
Yahoo News Australia

Optus under fire after deadly outage

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – NewsWire Photos September 20, 2025: Optus has revealed three people have died following a technical failure that impacted triple-0 calls in South Australia, the Northern ...
Daily Mail

Eight-week-old baby among the three Aussies who died after not being able to get through to Triple Zero amidst major Optus outage

Three people, including a newborn baby, have died after Triple Zero calls were interrupted during an Optus network upgrade, leading to scathing criticism from state and federal politicians. An outage ...
Business Times

Optus’ performance in spotlight at Singtel AGM

[SINGAPORE] Eight hundred Singtel shareholders packed into a function room in the Sands Expo and Convention Centre on Tuesday (Jul 29), with questions for the management of the telco. The wide-ranging ...