Australia’s communications regulator has taken Optus to court over last year’s network outages, which were linked to four deaths.

Wellington-based Infrastructure investor Morrison has secured a seven-week exclusivity period to finalise a proposal to acquire more than 30 per cent of Optus.

Optus has faced heightened scrutiny since two outages involving Australia’s emergency call service. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.