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Telstra got fucked for the same thing literally last year though
Telstra is a different matter. The government still has hooks into them. They're under contractual obligations and service level agreements and if they breach those, there are financial penalties.
I suppose Optus must have signed something with the government also? Though I don't recall reading anything about it. I can't think under what other pretext the government can just issue a huge fine for not providing a product.
You mean the emergency call rules that all telcos must abide by to operate in Australia?
Which is what they're fined for being in breach of.
Dude, no, they didn't sign shit. They are just covered by the Telecommunications Act. If they want to operate in Australia, they have to provide access to emergency services. This is pretty standard stuff globally.
https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A05145/2025-04-04/2025-04-04/text/original/pdf/1