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Optus outage disrupts emergency calls in Australia

An Optus network outage disrupted emergency calling in Australia, prompting an apology from the telecommunications provider.

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Failure of emergency communications can delay urgent assistance and create public-safety risks across affected areas.

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  1. Optus Outage: Optus Apologizes for Emergency Call Disruption in Australia, ETTelecom ↗telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com · Recorded source date: Sep 12, 2026, 3:17 AM UTC
  2. Australia's Optus apologises for outage that disrupted emergency calls ↗businesstimes.com.sg · Recorded source date: Sep 12, 2026, 3:31 AM UTC
  3. Optus Apologises After Network Outage Disrupts Emergency Calls ↗econotimes.com · Recorded source date: Sep 12, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC
  4. Australia's Optus apologises for outage that disrupted emergency calls ↗lufkindailynews.com · Recorded source date: Sep 12, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC

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