A recent outage hit services of Australia’s biggest telecommunications company, Telstra, disrupting taxi payment systems and some train services. The issue affected a large number of mobile calls and connections.
Train services connecting Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, to regional towns were suspended due to communication issues. Passengers were advised to defer travel where possible. Some passengers could not pay for their taxi rides, while drivers lost multiple jobs due to their payment platforms being down.
Emergency Management Minister Kristy McBain stated that Telstra is working on resolving the issue and arrangements are being made for affected rail passengers. Telstra is investigating the issue affecting mobile calls and data, urging customers to try again as it may work on a retry.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
