Yesterday
ACCC wants switching banks to be as easy as ditching mobile providers
Gina Cass-Gottlieb’s ACCC deposit inquiry calls for Australia to introduce an account switching service like the ones that operate in Britain and the Netherlands.
- James Eyers
Battle for takeover target Whispir escalates
A bidding war for communications software business Whispir sent its shares rallying on Wednesday.
- Tess Bennett
This Month
- Exclusive
- Cybersecurity
Little-used mobile phone feature exposes new scam threat
A newly discovered security risk that exploits 19-year-old mobile phone technology might let scammers bypass identity checks for banking and email.
- John Davidson
BGH Capital to acquire Waterman Capital’s IT biz Fusion5
Street Talk understands the private equity firm is in the final stages of negotiations New Zealand private equity investor Waterman Capital.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Ex-chief Kelly Bayer Rosmarin severs final ties with Optus
The former chief executive stayed for the transition to acting chief executive of Michael Venter, who is also the company’s chief financial officer.
- Jenny Wiggins
Phone calls have become an intergenerational minefield
Younger people don’t like unsolicited ringing – even from their parents. Here’s why.
- Eleanor Steafel
November
FibreconX teams up with Megaport in fibre network push
CEO Mark Rafferty says the optical fibre business hopes to snare 200 to 300 wholesale customers from the country’s biggest telecommunications groups as it pitches cut-price services.
- Jenny Wiggins
This fast-growing telco is the most trusted in Australia
Aussie Broadband has overtaken Vocus to become Australia’s fourth-biggest internet provider, and has the highest revenue of any company in the AFR Fast 100 in 2023.
- Christopher Niesche
Optus appeals judgment in battle to keep Deloitte report secret
The telco is appealing a court ruling that could lead to the release of a forensic report into last year’s cyberattack, as a review into the latest outage gets under way.
- Jenny Wiggins
Optus chairman says next chief executive should have telco experience
Paul O’Sullivan broke his silence to argue that Australians’ desire for “scalps” after corporate crises could deprive the country of good executives.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Opinion
- The AFR View
CEO pays the price for Optus’ outage opacity
Optus had already worn out too much goodwill in the hack of customer details in September last year to regard this simply as a technology problem.
- The AFR View
Telstra denies 000 failure, rejects ‘expensive’ network sharing idea
Telstra and TPG take opposing views on whether networks should be shared during outages, warning it could escalate into a double network failure.
- Paul Smith
Inside the Optus HQ rumour mill – and blame game
Last year’s cyberattack did not claim the telco’s chief executive, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin. There was little doubt a massive network outage this month would.
- Kylar Loussikian
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why the Optus CEO had to go – and quickly
The telco’s outage points to much deeper problems in Australia’s readiness to cope with cyberattacks and tech failures affecting critical infrastructure.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Updated
- Kelly Rosmarin
Optus’ leadership up for grabs as CEO resigns
Former StarHub boss Peter Kaliaropoulos has been installed as chief operations officer, with Gladys Berejiklian, the former NSW premier, another contender.
- Updated
- Paul Smith
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The warning in Kelly Bayer Rosmarin’s resignation from Optus
The speed with which the Optus CEO has departed shows how community expectations of corporate accountability have brutally shifted.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Optus’ planning failure will hang over Kelly Bayer Rosmarin
CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin told a Senate inquiry that Optus never believed an outage of the scale it suffered was possible, raising questions about risk management.
- Updated
- James Thomson
‘We didn’t have a plan’: Optus admits it was caught out
In a make-or-break appearance for Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, senators failed to land a knockout blow, but gleaned some damaging admissions.
- Updated
- Paul Smith
Optus says payouts for mass outage would set a precedent
Optus has laid out its defences to criticism of its network outage, as CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin considers her future.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Kelly Rosmarin
Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin considers stepping down
Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin is considering exiting the country’s second-largest telecommunications group after two major crises in 12 months.
- Jenny Wiggins, Kylar Loussikian and Paul Smith
