#mobileandinternetaccess — Public Fediverse posts
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Concerns for emergency response during rolling Telstra upgrades
By Andrew ChoundingThe planned outages pose concerns for remote SES managers, who say mobile coverage is vital for coordinating staff in an emergency.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/telstra-outage-upgrades-in-regional-wa/107043342
#MobileandInternetAccess #RegionalCommunities #RuralandRemoteCommunities #MobilePhones #AndrewChounding
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Mandatory domestic roaming to be key focus of mobile coverage inquiry
By Lauren PezetConsumer and regional advocates are urging the government to intervene and mandate domestic roaming now, arguing the ACCC's 12-month inquiry will take too long.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/accc-to-conduct-inquiry-into-domestic-roaming/106998050
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Customers claim new mobile phone coverage maps still not accurate
By Lauren PezetTelcos were forced to publish mobile phone coverage maps to new standards last month, but some Telstra customers say they still do not reflect reality.
#MobilePhones #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #MobileandInternetAccess #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #LaurenPezet
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Telstra outage caused by system being sent back two decades
By Nassim KhademThe national Telstra outage last week was triggered by maintenance work that caused the system's clocks to go back two decades, the telco says.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/telstra-national-outage-senate-inquiry/106927200
#TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #FederalGovernment #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #ConsumerProtection #MobileandInternetAccess #NassimKhadem
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Wells held to a different standard after travel controversies
By Clare ArmstrongFor Australian politicians, Scott Morrison's ill-fated Hawaii vacation in December 2019 remains a potent reminder of what not to do in a national crisis.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-12/telstra-outage-fallout-anika-wells/106900806
#GovernmentandPolitics #Parliament #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #MobileandInternetAccess #MobilePhones #ClareArmstrong
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A 'well-known' risk caused Telstra's outage. Why did it get caught out?
By Cam WilsonTelstra faces an outage investigation as an expert says legal gaps may let the telco off the hook.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-11/telstra-gps-timing-network-failure-back-up-systems/106902532
#Technology #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #MobilePhones #Internet #MobileandInternetAccess #CamWilson
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Telstra returning CEO Vicki Brady 'deeply sorry' for national outage
By Nassim KhademTelstra chief executive Vicki Brady apologises to the company's customers, saying the telco let them down and that investigations into the cause of Wednesday's Telstra outage are continuing.
#TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #FederalGovernment #MobileandInternetAccess #Internet #MobilePhones #NassimKhadem
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Government, experts repeatedly warned of issue that caused Telstra outage
By Cam WilsonGovernment agencies and academics both recently warned Telstra it was vulnerable to the type of error that caused this week's national outage.
#Technology #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #MobilePhones #Internet #MobileandInternetAccess #CamWilson
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Telstra outage could cost 'hundreds of millions of dollars'
By Nassim KhademThe economic cost of the Telstra network outage could run into hundreds of millions of dollars, an expert estimates.
#TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #MobilePhones #MobileandInternetAccess #InformationandCommunication #SmallBusinesses #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #NassimKhadem
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Elderly woman left 'frightened', senator 'irresponsible' over Telstra outage
By Eugene Boisvert, Katie Spain, and George YankovichAn SA woman says her elderly mother was left "frightened" during the Telstra outage after a fall. Meanwhile, SA police have said they have no record of any deaths during the network failure, despite a senator's claims.
#TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #AlzheimersandDementia #MobileandInternetAccess #EmergencyServices #RailTransportIndustry #OlderPeople #MobilePhones #EugeneBoisvert #KatieSpain # #GeorgeYankovich
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Telstra Triple Zero calls still impacted by 'secondary issue'
By Luke CooperTelstra says work is ongoing to resolve a "secondary issue" impacting customers trying to make calls on its network, including to Triple Zero, but some people may still be unable to contact the emergency service.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-09/telstra-outage-still-impacting-triple-zero-calls/106895430
#MobileandInternetAccess #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #MobilePhones #Internet #PublicEmergencies #LukeCooper
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'Shouldn't occur': Change demanded after Telstra outage
By Michael AtkinAdvocates have demanded changes to how telecommunication companies are regulated and held accountable for outages after Telstra became the latest telco to suffer a large-scale network failure.
#MobileandInternetAccess #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #MobilePhones #Businesses #MichaelAtkin
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How the Telstra outage impacted these Australians
By Ahmed YussufMillions have potentially been impacted by the Telstra outage. Here's how it affected Australians doing basic everyday things, from making calls to measuring blood sugar levels.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/how-the-telstra-outage-impacted-australians/106892594
#TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #MobileandInternetAccess #MobilePhones #AhmedYussuf
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Broken timers trigger nationwide Telstra outage
By Hanan DervisevicTelstra says Wednesday's nationwide outage was caused by malfunctioning "nodes" that manage time synchronisation within some of the network data centres, but has no idea what caused the timer issues.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/telstra-nodes-time-keeping-technology-causes-outage/106892560
#MobileandInternetAccess #MobilePhones #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #PublicEmergencies #HananDervisevic
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Broken timers trigger nationwide Telstra outage
By Hanan DervisevicTelstra says Wednesday's nationwide outage was caused by malfunctioning "nodes" that manage time synchronisation within some of the network data centres, but has no idea what caused the timer issues.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/telstra-nodes-time-keeping-technology-causes-outage/106892560
#MobileandInternetAccess #MobilePhones #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #PublicEmergencies #HananDervisevic
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Breaking: Telstra users report mobile network has crashed across Australia
Telstra customers, as well as customers of mobile providers that use Telstra's network, have flooded outage detection websites with reports.
#MobileandInternetAccess #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #MobilePhones