The Latest Breaking News from Kelly Bayer Rosmarin

Telco 'cowboys' not held to account after prior outage

A reliance on self-regulation has turned the telco sector into the wild west, an expert warns as Optus reels in the aftermath of another serious outage.

AAP · Sep 21, 2025

Optus appoints telco veteran as new CEO

After two major public relations disasters, Optus has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of Kelly Bayer Rosmarin.

AAP · May 5, 2024

Optus inquiry to zero in on emergency calls, complaints

The federal government has announced the terms of reference for its review of this month's Optus outage, with a focus on emergency calls and consumers.

AAP · Nov 27, 2023

Embattled Optus CEO resigns after fraught 18 months

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has stepped down after a challenging 18 months marked by two of the telco giant's worst and most public disasters.

AAP · Nov 19, 2023

Afternoon Update: Optus CEO faces Senate grilling; WFP warns of starvation in Gaza; and Apple agrees to improve texting with Androids

Details from Optus chief’s Senate appearance include that 228 customers were unable to connect to triple zero services

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2023

More than 200 Optus customers unable to call triple zero during 14-hour outage, Senate inquiry told

Chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin faced grilling at Senate inquiry on Friday over last week’s network outage

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2023

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023

Hundreds of emergency calls failed during Optus outage

A Senate inquiry into a 12-hour Optus outage that affected millions of Australians has revealed hundreds of triple-zero calls were unable to go through.

AAP · Nov 16, 2023

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin faces Senate grilling as Singtel denies it was to blame for outage

Telco claimed its parent company was responsible but Singapore conglomerate says its upgrade was not the cause

The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023

The Optus outage shows us the perils of having vital networks in private hands

Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin is set to front a Senate inquiry this week, probing last week’s colossal outage which left millions stranded without internet or mobile phone connectivity for a staggering 14 hours.

The Conversation · Nov 15, 2023