MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia on Monday foreshadowed changes to the country's telecommunications industry after a major company’s failure to connect hundreds of emergency calls last week was ...

The iOS 26.2.1 update that Apple released today further addresses an issue preventing some older mobile phones from being ...

A Sydney resident died after their Samsung handset failed to connect to 000, Australia's primary emergency number, triggering a stark warning from telco TPG that outdated mobile software could be a ...

We’re taught how to call emergency numbers from a young age; whether it be 911 in the US, 999 in the UK, or 000 in Australia. The concept is simple—if you need aid from police, fire, or ambulance, you ...

Three people have died in Australia following a technical failure at Optus, the country's second-largest telecommunications provider, which disrupted vital emergency call services. Optus CEO Stephen ...

In September, an Optus network outage stopped some customers from calling triple-0. With four deaths linked to the outage, the incident has prompted serious discussions about the reliability of ...

SYDNEY, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Optus, Australia's No. 2 telecom carrier, said on Sunday that a departure from regular processes on a network upgrade sparked a technical failure that disrupted emergency ...

TPG says customer call failed to connect with emergency services Carrier says customers with outdated handsets had been informed TPG says there was no network outage at the time Industry regulator ...

The system still runs on an operating model set up in 1958, and a public safety working group says it hinders emergency ...