Optus boss ‘has a lot of work to do’, Anika Wells says after meeting telco in wake of triple-zero outages
by Josh Taylor Technology reporter Dan Jervis-Bardy from World news | The Guardian on (#70D9V)
Minister asks parent company to appoint external reviewer in attempt to restore Australians' faith in emergency calls
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The government has asked Optus's parent company to appoint an external reviewer to hold Optus to account after triple-zero outages this month, to address the serious lack of confidence" Australians have in the telco.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said Optus had let down its customers and has let down the nation" after two outages in less than a fortnight piled political and public pressure on the company.
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