Resignation clears stumbling block for Optus to get back online

Resignation clears stumbling block for Optus to get back online

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin consigned herself to the out tray with a lacklustre performance before a Senate committee.

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Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin resigns

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin resigns

The telco executive sensationally quit after presiding over two high-profile disasters in just over a year.

  • byDavid Swan
Optus CEO dodges resignation questions after outage

Optus CEO dodges resignation questions after outage

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has sidestepped questions about her future in a fiery two-hour Senate hearing into last week’s mass outage.

  • byDavid Swan andSumeyya Ilanbey
Smart cards and smarter phones? Stuff and nonsense. Just ask my mother
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Smart cards and smarter phones? Stuff and nonsense. Just ask my mother

Credit cards and smartphones are supposed to simplify and streamline our lives. Until the IT dam wall is washed away – and with it our information and cash.

  • byTony Wright
Optus Senate inquiry as it happened:Kelly Bayer Rosmarin admits telco’s performance during outage was ‘not acceptable’

Optus Senate inquiry as it happened:Kelly Bayer Rosmarin admits telco’s performance during outage was ‘not acceptable’

Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin is defending her leadership publicly this morning after two high-profile disasters within 13 months.

  • byDavid Swan,Sumeyya Ilanbey andBen Grubb
How Optus customers are securing sizeable discounts following outage

How Optus customers are securing sizeable discounts following outage

The telco is in damage-control mode after its 16-hour meltdown last week,despite boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin ruling out discounts in recent comments.

  • byBen Grubb andDavid Swan
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Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin’s future in doubt

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin’s future in doubt

Peers of the Optus boss have criticised her management of the company through a cyberattack and a network outage,and expect she may not be with the group in a year. Attention is also turning to Optus chair Paul O’Sullivan.

  • byAnne Hyland
Identity of ‘third party’ that brought down Optus network revealed
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Identity of ‘third party’ that brought down Optus network revealed

An executive from the company that contributed to the Optus outage left a Canadian telco less than two weeks after it suffered an almost identical outage last year.

  • byDavid Swan andBen Grubb
Telstra says it has picked up Optus customers after mass outage

Telstra says it has picked up Optus customers after mass outage

Some Optus customers have run out of patience with the telco and are turning to its biggest rival,according to Telstra’s CEO.

  • byDavid Swan
Optus reveals cause of mass outage ahead of CEO’s Senate grilling

Optus reveals cause of mass outage ahead of CEO’s Senate grilling

The telco is preparing to front a fiery Senate inquiry into last week’s network failure that affected 10 million customers.

  • byDavid Swan andBen Grubb
Optus died for a day,but I never felt more alive
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Optus died for a day,but I never felt more alive

The great outage triggered an outrage,but in a world where everyone is always online,I enjoyed being forced off the grid.

  • byThomas Mitchell