Australian telco Optus CEO resigns days immediately after network-large outage

Australian telco Optus CEO resigns days immediately after network-large outage


CHINA – 2022/07/25: In this photograph illustration, the next biggest telecommunications business in Australia, Optus logo is exhibited on a smartphone display. (Photograph Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket through Getty Visuals)

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Australia’s 2nd-largest telco Optus’ Chief Government Officer Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has resigned, its parent Singapore Telecommunications said on Monday, days right after a network-large outage left virtually half the state with no cellphone or online for 12 hours.

Optus has appointed Main Money Officer Michael Venter as interim CEO. Peter Kaliaropoulos was appointed to a newly established placement of chief working officer, SingTel added.

A lot more than 10 million Australians have been strike by the 12-hour network blackout at the nation’s second-biggest telco for much of Wednesday, triggering fury and frustration among buyers and boosting broader considerations about the telecommunications infrastructure.

“We acknowledge the have to have for Optus to regain customer rely on and self confidence as the staff operates by means of the effects and outcomes of the modern outage and continues to strengthen,” SingTel Team CEO Yuen Kuan Moon said in a assertion.



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