Telstra CEO Apologizes as 000 Outage Leads to Tragic Death, Promises Fixes

March 27, 2024
Telstra CEO Apologizes as 000 Outage Leads to Tragic Death, Promises Fixes
  • Telstra CEO Vicki Brady publicly apologizes for a technical fault causing triple-0 service outage, affecting over 100 callers.

  • The outage was due to a backup process error and a communication glitch, preventing 127 emergency calls from connecting.

  • A manual error in entering an email address further delayed response to some emergency calls.

  • Telstra is implementing a software update to correct the fault in their calling line identification systems by early April.

  • The CEO assures the public that improvements have been made to ensure the reliability of triple-0 services.

  • The Australian Communications and Media Authority is investigating Telstra's compliance as the Emergency Call Service provider.

  • Concerns are raised about the impact of the upcoming 3G network switch-off on the ability to dial triple zero from nearly 1 million phones.

  • Optus is also under investigation for compliance with triple-zero service regulations following system failures.

Summary based on 3 sources


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Telstra lifts lid on ‘unacceptable’ triple-zero outage

The Sydney Morning Herald • Mar 27, 2024

Telstra lifts lid on ‘unacceptable’ triple-zero outage


Telstra boss apologises for triple-0 outage

The West Australian • Mar 27, 2024

Telstra boss apologises for triple-0 outage

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