How Optus customers are securing sizeable discounts following outage

How Optus customers are securing sizeable discounts following outage

The telco is in damage-control mode after its 16-hour meltdown last week,despite boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin ruling out discounts in recent comments.

  • byBen Grubb andDavid Swan

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Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin’s future in doubt

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin’s future in doubt

Peers of the Optus boss have criticised her management of the company through a cyberattack and a network outage,and expect she may not be with the group in a year. Attention is also turning to Optus chair Paul O’Sullivan.

  • byAnne Hyland
Optus boss readies for Senate grilling

Optus boss readies for Senate grilling

Here are the key questions that Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the Optus CEO must answer on Friday.

  • byDavid Swan
Identity of ‘third party’ that brought down Optus network revealed

Identity of ‘third party’ that brought down Optus network revealed

An executive from the company that contributed to the Optus outage left a Canadian telco less than two weeks after it suffered an almost identical outage last year.

  • byDavid Swan andBen Grubb
Telstra says it has picked up Optus customers after mass outage

Telstra says it has picked up Optus customers after mass outage

Some Optus customers have run out of patience with the telco and are turning to its biggest rival,according to Telstra’s CEO.

  • byDavid Swan
Optus reveals cause of mass outage ahead of CEO’s Senate grilling

Optus reveals cause of mass outage ahead of CEO’s Senate grilling

The telco is preparing to front a fiery Senate inquiry into last week’s network failure that affected 10 million customers.

  • byDavid Swan andBen Grubb
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Optus died for a day,but I never felt more alive

Optus died for a day,but I never felt more alive

The great outage triggered an outrage,but in a world where everyone is always online,I enjoyed being forced off the grid.

  • byThomas Mitchell
Signal failure:Inside Optus’ day from hell

Signal failure:Inside Optus’ day from hell

The nation’s second-largest telco suffered the worst outage in recent memory,affecting millions of customers. Here’s the inside story of what happened.

  • byDavid Swan andBen Grubb
Fine threat for Optus as chief faces grilling next week

Fine threat for Optus as chief faces grilling next week

Greens senator and committee chair Sarah Hanson-Young demanded Kelly Bayer Rosmarin attend a parliamentary probe in person rather than via video link.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Optus offers free data but customers could seek thousands in compensation

Optus offers free data but customers could seek thousands in compensation

The telecommunications industry ombudsman warned she was prepared to force Optus into large compensation payments if it refused to settle claims.

  • byPaul Sakkal,David Swan andOlivia Ireland
How Optus’ response to a crisis became more damaging than the crisis itself

How Optus’ response to a crisis became more damaging than the crisis itself

The big question on every crisis manager’s mind this week is why weren’t Optus match fit when it came to managing this week’s crisis?

  • bySally Branson