Telstra has also rejected claims that Wednesday's mass outage was related to its job cuts.

The widespread outage is affecting mobile calls and data connections, and has even prevented some businesses from processing payments.

Carrier restoring mobile services after network used by millions goes down for many users, shutting down regional trains and affecting emergency calls

Police in SA are investigating a death at a regional South Australian hospital yesterday, after Liberal Senator Kerrynne Liddle said an elderly person had died during the Telstra…

Telstra has also rejected claims that Wednesday's mass outage was related to its job cuts.

Chief executive Vicki Brady flew back into Sydney from an overseas hoilday on Friday. She faced a barrage of questions about the telco’s nationwide outage.