AustraliaA major mobile network outage affecting Telstra disrupted various services across Australia, including public transportation. The outage caused train services in Victoria and New South Wales to suspend operations as trains rely on mobile networks for critical communication with control centers. Trains use mobile networks to transmit real-time data such as location, speed, and safety alerts, making it impossible to operate safely during the outage. The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and VicTrack, which manage significant portions of the rail network, depend on Telstra's 4G infrastructure for train-to-network communications. As of Wednesday mid-morning, there was no estimate for when normal train services would resume.
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