ACMA to take Optus to Federal Court over September network outage lasting almost 14 hours
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Australia's ACMA will sue Optus over a 2025 nationwide outage that disrupted emergency calls, alleging 1,000+ legal breaches with penalties up to A$250k per contravention. The action follows prior fines and highlights operational and governance failures tied to a Nokia-led network upgrade. The case raises regulatory and compliance risk for Australian telecom operators and may pressure sector sentiment via higher expected remediation and oversight costs.
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Australia’s communications regulator, ACMA, said it will sue Optus in the Federal Court over a nationwide network outage in September that lasted almost 14 hours. ACMA alleges Optus breached two legal obligations more than 1,000 times, with a maximum penalty of $250,000 per contravention. The outage saw 75% of Triple Zero calls fail from 605 attempts and was linked to two deaths. A review commissioned by Optus found a routine network upgrade involved multiple failures by Optus and contractor Nokia, including as many as 10 crucial mistakes.
