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Vodafone outage live: Users across Australia limited to SOS calls

Vodafone outage live: Users across Australia limited to SOS calls
Daily Mirror Thursday 18 June 2026, 00:53 UTC By [email protected] (Tannur Anders) 1 min read
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Vodafone outage live: Users across Australia limited to SOS calls Users across major Australian cities have reported issues with the network provider and Vodafone is investigating the outage - affected customers say they are only able to make emergency calls Vodafone users across Australia have reported that their phones are limited to emergency calls only. Over 2,800 users reported an issue on real-time outage updater Downdetector shortly after 9am on Thursday, June 18 local time.

Vodafone outage live: Users across Australia limited to SOS calls Users across major Australian cities have reported issues with the network provider and Vodafone is investigating the outage - affected customers say they are only able to make emergency calls Vodafone users across Australia have reported that their phones are limited to emergency calls only. Over 2,800 users reported an issue on real-time outage updater Downdetector shortly after 9am on Thursday, June 18 local time. The mobile network provider is investigating a national outage. Affected users reported their phones dropping to SOS mode across the country. This is an ongoing event and updates will be provided. Vodafone advises customers restart their devices Vodafone has advised customers to restart their devices. Users receive error messages The network provider's own online status checker failed during the outage. Users received error messages.
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