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Optus' communication breakdown | Insiders On Background

Optus' communication breakdown | Insiders On Background

Update: 2025-10-10
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Last month’s fatal Optus outage exposed vulnerabilities in the triple-zero network.

As pressure mounts on the telco,  key questions remain unanswered: how could this have happened? And what can be done to prevent future outages?  

Luke Coleman from the Australian Telecommunications Alliance joined David Speers for this week's Insiders On Background.

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Optus' communication breakdown | Insiders On Background

Optus' communication breakdown | Insiders On Background

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