Singpore’s Singtel apologises over emergency line outage linked to deaths | Telecommunications News

Three people died in Australia after hundreds of emergency calls failed due to an outage on the Optus network.

Singapore’s largest telecom operator has apologised over an emergency services outage in Australia that was blamed for several deaths.

Singtel, the owner of Australian telecom Optus, issued the apology on Wednesday after hundreds of calls to Australia’s Triple Zero (000) emergency line failed during a major technical glitch last week.