Nationwide Outage in Australia Leaves Millions Without Phone, Internet Access
- Millions of customers were left with no phone, web services
- Shares in Optus-owner SingTel drop in Singapore trading
Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., said engineers were investigating a “network fault,” but didn’t provide details about the cause.
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A nationwide outage that struck Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company Optus on Wednesday — wreaking havoc at peak hour as millions were left without phone and internet services — has been resolved.
“Services have now been restored, and customers should now be able to be back online,” Optus said on X. “Optus sincerely apologizes to customers for today’s outage. We again thank customers for their patience.”