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Optus outage causes chaos in Australia

08:25 am on 9 November 2023

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More than ten million Australians have had their phone and internet coverage restored after a widespread Optus outage.

Parts of the country descended into chaos as trains, businesses and even contact with emergency services ground to a halt.

Should we be concerned about something similar happening on this side of the ditch?

Telecommunications Forum chief executive and tech commentator Paul Brislen spoke to Corin Dann.