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Australia’s TPG Telecom says customer died after failed emergency call due to outdated software

Australia’s TPG Telecom says customer died after failed emergency call due to outdated software

By Kim Browne

Culture

AUSTRALIA’S TPG Telecom said on Tuesday a customer died after failing to make emergency triple zero (”000”) calls on the company’s network from a Samsung device that was operating out-of-date software.

At the time of the attempted contact to the triple zero service, TPG’s mobile network was operational and no outages were occurring, it said in a statement. AFP

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