The Australian government has been seeking answers about the recent disruptions at the country’s No. 2 telecom provider, Optus, which is owned by Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel).
Singtel Group CEO Yuen Kuan Moon plans to meet Australia’s Communications Minister Anika Wells this week, the minister’s office confirmed. Yuen will be joined by Optus Chairman John Arthur and CEO Stephen Rue for the meeting, Singtel said.
“Singtel takes this matter seriously and will extend full cooperation to the Australian government and authorities to address the Optus issue,” the company stated.
Optus reported on Monday that a faulty mobile phone tower site in Dapto, approximately 100 km (62 miles) south of Sydney, interrupted services on Sunday morning. The outage affected around 4,500 people and included disruptions to emergency call services.
The company is continuing to investigate the cause of the problem but confirmed that the issue has been resolved. Optus also verified with police that all callers who attempted to contact emergency services during the outage are safe.
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