Australia will overhaul telecommunications after Optus emergency call failure linked to 4 deaths

Optus, Australia’s second-largest telecom company, blamed a “technical failure” on Thursday last week for 624 calls failing to connect to emergency services. While Americans call “9-1-1” in an emergency, Australians call “0-0-0.” Someone died in four of those Australian emergencies. Optus was fined...

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