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Global Switch says 'no fire' in Tabcorp data centre incident
Fire suppression system was tripped, damaging servers.
Nov 9 2020 9:57PM
Telstra's Tumut exchange "severely damaged" by fire
NSW town loses most telecommunications services.
Dec 6 2019 10:08PM
Blackspots force Vic firies to suspend parts of Telstra radio network
CFA resorts to old analogue network.
Feb 1 2019 7:05AM
Telstra pit fire not caused by lightning, RFS finds
Investigators reveal first findings.
May 31 2018 11:38AM
HP recalls enterprise, consumer laptop batteries over fire risk
Envy, ProBook, Pavilion, ZBook, x360 affected.
Feb 19 2018 9:13AM
Tasmania breaks gridlock on unified emergency comms network
But frequency remains unknown.
Jul 12 2017 6:45AM
Telstra exchange fire downs services in Adelaide
Spark in power supply system.
May 22 2017 5:03PM
Data centre fire strikes UniSuper
Partial system shutdown at Port Melbourne facility.
May 12 2017 7:00AM
Telstra begins temporary restoration after Parklea fire
Expects most services to be up by end of the weekend.
May 11 2017 12:51PM
Telstra hit by Parklea exchange fire
Orders in mobile exchanges on wheels.
May 9 2017 2:59PM
Samsung will sell refurbished models of its fire-prone Note 7
But not in all markets.
Mar 28 2017 7:08AM
Telstra sending SMS to wrong numbers after exchange fire
Security concerns for 2FA.
Feb 2 2017 4:28PM
Fire erupts at core Telstra Chatswood exchange
Updated: Affects services nationally.
Feb 2 2017 1:51PM
Probe finds battery was main cause of Samsung Note 7 fires
Official results to be announced in coming weeks.
Jan 16 2017 5:25PM
Samsung puts booths in Aussie airports to swap exploding Note 7s
As airlines ban device from planes.
Oct 18 2016 2:41PM
Fire tests blow bank data centre offline
ING’s Romanian operations experience ‘unprecedented’ outage.
Sep 12 2016 7:03AM
HP warns of notebook battery fire risk
Fourth PC maker recall this year.
Jun 20 2016 12:13PM
Telstra's Brunswick exchange catches fire
Damage being assessed.
Jun 16 2016 7:08PM
Sony recalls Vaio batteries over fire fears
Third recall from PC maker in a month.
Mar 4 2016 10:23AM
Toshiba issues big recall for laptop batteries over fire fears
54 models affected.
Feb 12 2016 9:35AM
