Nationwide Outage Leaves Optus Customers Offline

Those experiencing emergencies have been advised to call 000.

General view of an Optus store in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 22, 2022. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

Optus has been hit by a nationwide outage, with its mobile phone and internet services down for millions of Australian customers and businesses.

On its website early on Wednesday, Optus said its engineers were investigating a network fault impacting customers.