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Three people have died after a "technical failure" impacted hundreds of triple-0 calls on the Optus network, its CEO has revealed.

Optus CEO Stephen Rue confirmed that a technical failure resulted in the failure of triple-0 emergency calls in South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, impacting hundreds of customers.

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