Major outage hits Telstra mobile network as thousands report they can’t make calls or access internet

Carrier confirms ‘an issue’ as mobile network used by millions goes down for many users, shutting down Victorian trains and affecting triple-zero callsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTelstra customers have been unable to make calls or access their data on their mobiles on the country’s largest network, in a national outage that has also shut down Victoria’s regional trains.The telecommunications provider that powers some 25 million mobile services nationwide confirmed the outage on Wednesday. Continue reading...