This week the RBA lifted rates again. It followed warnings from the IMF that Australia’s inflation was too high… and a recommendation to cut infrastructure spending to bring inflation down, how’s the government responded this week? Political Editor for news.com.au Samantha Maiden and host of Insiders and ABC Politcial lead David Speers join RN Breakfast … Read more
By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia Published: 16:14 EST, 9 November 2023 | Updated: 17:24 EST, 9 November 2023 The fallout from the Optus outage has worsened for the telco giant’s chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin after cutting comments she made about a barber affected by the blackout badly backfired. More than 400,000 businesses … Read more
Optus has announced that it will apologise to customers affected by Wednesday’s outage by giving them free data, It’s been revealed a Sydney police officer pulled his gun out of his holster and pointed it at a colleague in May, Israel has agreed to pause fighting in Northern Gaza for four hours a day for … Read more
Optus has offered 200 gigabytes of free data to users after 10.2 million Australians were left without phone or broadband connections on Wednesday. Tech expert Trevor Long said the nature of modern phone usage rendered the offer meaningless. Optus has offered customers 200GB of data in compensation for this week’s major outage. (Getty) “If only … Read more
An expert has warned the Optus outage could cost the telco up to a billion dollars, while customers are on the fence about staying loyal to the brand. Source link
Greek authorities will investigate how the country’s coast guard handled a maritime tragedy where dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe in an overloaded boat drowned. Greece’s state ombudsman said that it made the decision after “the expressed denial” of the country’s coast guard to start a disciplinary investigation in response to the body’s written … Read more
It’s been a tough couple of years for Optus. Last year, the telco experienced a major data breach, an October report revealed complaints about the company had risen by 30 per cent, and this week, it faced an unprecedented phone and internet outage which impacted more than 10 million customers. Many of those customers say they want to … Read more
“Obviously, we’re asking all of our business customers irrespective of their size to contact either their direct account manager, or else our business care line, and we’re going through each customer’s concerns and we’ll continue to do that,” she said. Telecommunications industry ombudsman Cynthia Gebert said her office could force payments of up to $100,000 … Read more
Following the Optus network blackout, the telco has announced data is available as compensation for the outage, amidst mounting customer outrage. Source link
Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin will be hauled before a Senate inquiry to explain why the telco suffered a 12-hour communications blackout as her reputation comes under fire. Source link