Former Westpac CEO Gail Kelly to be called before Optus Triple Zero inquiry

Senators are preparing to grill directors of the telco group’s Singtel parent company over a fatal network failure last year.
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Optus to acquire Ensyst for AU$13 million

Optus is looking to boost its Microsoft product offering to business customers with the acquisition of IT managed services provider Ensyst. Under the AU$13 million agreement, Optus will acquire the ...

Telco industry racing toward ‘market failure’: ACCAN

The telecommunications industry is rapidly entering a state of market failure as weak competition keeps mobile phone bills ...

Has Elon Musk Just Given Another Hint Of How He Will Make Telstra & Optus Obsolete?

Optus and Telstra currently partner with SpaceX’s Starlink, but industry observers warn these relationships may prove fragile ...
ZDNet

Optus Business adds cybersecurity capabilities to managed services

Optus has announced adding cybersecurity prevention, detection, and monitoring capabilities to its government and enterprise managed security services portfolio, with the solution running on the Palo ...
Datacenter Dynamics

Optus restores network after another outage as Australian police investigate alleged fiber cut

Australian network operator Optus suffered another network outage today (November 5), which may have again impacted its Triple Zero service. Although the carrier reports that the service has since ...
The Guardian

Optus admits process not followed after it missed at least five warnings of triple zero outage

Albanese government under pressure to ensure stiff penalties are imposed as emergency management minister blasts telco as “absolutely disgraceful” Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...
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Singtel says Optus CEO needs time to fix issues after emergency call outages

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Optus's CEO will need more time to get its house in order, the boss of parent Singapore Telecommunications said on Tuesday, after back-to-back emergency call outages in Australia ...
Datacenter Dynamics

Optus braces for "serious consequences" following Triple Zero outage last week

Australian telco Optus has been told it will “suffer significant consequences” following last week's Triple Zero network outage. During the network outage last Friday, four people died as around 600 ...

Mastercard appoints Optus exec as VP of marketing and comms

Mastercard has appointed former Optus executive Alexandra Sloane as its vice president of integrated marketing and communications for Australasia.Sloane comes from Optus, where she held two separate ...

Mastercard Banks On Optus’ Alexandra Sloane To Replace Florencia Aimo

Mastercard has appointed Alexandra Sloane as vice president, integrated marketing and communications, Australasia, replacing Florencia Aimo. A spokesperson from MasterCard confirmed to B&T that Aimo ...
ZDNet

Optus replaces head of consumer marketing and product

Optus has revealed the next managing director of Marketing and Product for its Consumer division, with the telecommunications provider promoting Ben White to a role that will include responsibility ...