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Trains and emergency calls affected after major outage at Australia's largest telecoms company

Trains and emergency calls affected after major outage at Australia's largest telecoms company
BBC World Wednesday 08 July 2026, 07:53 UTC 1 min read
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Servers at data centres in Sydney and Melbourne were to blame but the exact cause remains unknown.

Servers at data centres in Sydney and Melbourne were to blame but the exact cause remains unknown.
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