Telstra outage: 'Secondary issue' still impacting some Triple Zero calls amid work to solve 'software defect'
Australian telecommunications provider Telstra is working to resolve a secondary software defect that disrupted emergency Triple Zero calls during a nationwide outage. The company is conducting a root cause analysis after hundreds of customers were unable to reach emergency services.
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Reliable access to emergency services is a critical infrastructure requirement, and failures pose significant risks to public safety.
Telstra has implemented a fresh "solution" to resolve a secondary software defect that left hundreds of customers unable to make Triple Zero calls during a nationwide network outage.
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