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flag An Australian man died after his old phone couldn’t reach emergency services, sparking scrutiny of ACMA’s oversight.

flag The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is under scrutiny after a Sydney man died because his outdated Samsung phone couldn’t reach emergency services, a known issue affecting up to 470,000 devices on Optus and 114,000 on Telstra. flag ACMA defended its role, stating telcos—not the regulator—are responsible for notifying customers, though it acknowledged its judgment may have been flawed. flag TPG, Optus, and Telstra had warned users in October to upgrade or lose network access. flag ACMA is now investigating the incident and two other potential regulatory breaches, while also probing the September Optus outage linked to three deaths. flag Some affected phones may be fixable via software updates.

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