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in today’s issue of commsday

  • The federal government’s Triple Zero Custodian will reopen discussions with the telecommunications industry this week on a coordinated public awareness campaign explaining emergency call camp-on capability, following Telstra’s nationwide mobile outage on 8 July.

  • Telstra’s account of its 8 July nationwide mobile outage prompted over two hours of questioning from senators, who used a Friday hearing to question the carrier’s governance, compensation arrangements, regulatory obligations and ability to identify similar risks elsewhere in its network.

  • An undocumented configuration change and a missed software update combined to turn routine maintenance on a Telstra timing server into the nationwide mobile outage of 8 July, the carrier told a Senate inquiry.

  • TPG Telecom has criticised the $99 installation fee charged by its former wholesale network arm Vision Network, arguing it creates a significant barrier to retail competition and customer switching.

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