Optus triple-zero outage: NSW police check welfare as 000 emergency service calls fail in Illawarra region
by Nick Visser from World news | The Guardian on (#70CAW)
Telco says nine 000 emergency services calls failed during outage in Dapto region and apologises to customers
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Optus is investigating a fresh triple-zero outage, this time in Illawarra region of New South Wales.
The telco said an issue with a mobile phone tower in Dapto had affected calls made between 3am and 12.20pm on Sunday, including those to the triple-zero network.
This story was amended on 29 September 2025. An earlier version stated early information that a baby's death was linked to the outage - police later said the death was likely not related to the incident.
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