An investigation found the telecommunications company made 473 breaches during a disruption in March, with Telstra's Triple Zero call centre failing to properly transfer calls to emergency services.
Telstra has been slapped with a $ 3 million fine for failing to comply with emergency call rules during a triple-0 network disruption in March. Telstra is required to comply with obligations around the handling of emergency service calls as Australia's national operator of the Triple Zero service. Telstra has been hit with a $ 3 million fine for failing to comply with emergency call rules during a triple-0 network disruption in March.
An investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority found Telstra made 473 breaches of the rules during a disruption on March 1.The telco is hit with a multi-million-dollar fine after thousands of customers were unable to call triple-0 during last year's unprecedented network outage.
But 127 calls were not transferred to emergency services due to several of the phone numbers on the list being incorrect.
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