Telstra blames ‘software defect’ for major outage that hit mobiles, trains and triple-zero calls
Telstra’s mobile network was hit by a major outage with calls failing and internet down for thousands of customers on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Darren England/AAPView image in fullscreenTelstra’s mobile network was hit by a major outage with calls failing and internet down for thousands of customers on Wednesday morning.
- ▪Telstra’s mobile network was hit by a major outage with calls failing and internet down for thousands of customers on Wednesday morning.
- ▪Photograph: Darren England/AAPView image in fullscreenTelstra’s mobile network was hit by a major outage with calls failing and internet down for thousands of customers on Wednesday morning.
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| Original publisher | World news | The Guardian |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/08/telstra-outage-down-network-mobile-outages-today |
| Publication time | Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:12:00 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-08T01:50:38.684Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-08T09:38:29.022Z |
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| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Telstra’s mobile network was hit by a major outage with calls failing and internet down for thousands of customers on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Darren England/AAPView image in fullscreenTelstra’s mobile network was hit by a major outage with calls failing and internet down for thousands of customers on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Darren England/AAPTelstraTelstra outage: Telco apologises for major time-keeping issue that hit mobiles, trains and triple-zero callsCarrier restoring mobile services after network used by millions goes down for many users, shutting down regional trains and affecting emergency calls Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Josh Taylor and Josh ButlerTue 7 Jul 2026 21.38 EDTFirst…
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