Jul 12, 2026 – 5.47pmMobile phone outages like the Telstra crash that halted trains and stopped people calling Triple Zero are expected to reoccur as telecommunications’ networks become more complex and integrate artificial intelligence, requiring a national resilience strategy, analysts say.Telstra remained tight-lipped over the weekend on the causes of the national outage across its mobile network on July 8, declining to confirm whether old servers that had reached the end of their life and malfunctioned were responsible.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Australia needs a national strategy to make phone networks resilient
Mobile phone outages like the Telstra crash that halted trains and hit the Triple Zero service are expected to reoccur as telco networks become more complex.
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