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Optus deaths: ‘Firewall upgrade’ linked to deadly triple-0 outage

Three people, including an eight-week-old baby from Gawler, died when emergency calls couldn’t be made.

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Optus admitted up to 600 households in SA, WA and the NT were impacted by the triple-zero outage.

iiNet cyberattack exposes details of 280,000 Aussie customers

TPG Telecom’s internet business is the latest Australian company to fall victim to hackers.

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Nearly 280,000 iiNet customers have had their personal data compromised in a serious cyberattack.

Google cops $55m penalty for deals with Aussie telcos

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Deals by tech companies was found to unfairly restrict consumer access to search engine options. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Aussie telco surprises shareholders with $1 billion sweetener

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Telstra posted a net profit of $2.3 billion, with the result driven mainly by its mobile business.

Regulator sues telco giant for breach of 9.5 million Aussies’ data

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The Federal Court can impose a civil penalty of up to $2.22 million for each contravention of the Act, and the OAIC is alleging one breach for each of the 9.5 million individuals affected.

Why service disruptions are costing Australia billions

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Consumers and businesses expect a reliable network provider, not one that works some of the time.