The federal government has unveiled new triple-zero laws after hauling multiple major telco bosses to Parliament House to address a string of serious outages.

The CEOs of Optus, Telstra and TPG arrived in Canberra this morning for a meeting with Communications Minister Anika Wells.

"I'm looking forward to seeing the minister, I'm sure it'll be a productive meeting," Optus CEO Stephen Rue said as he arrived.

The meeting is the latest please-explain from the government to Optus following a serious outage in its emergency network system across four states, which led to the deaths of three people who were unable to contact triple-zero.

Telstra also suffered smaller outages shortly after.

Wells announced today that new rules will be introduced next, forcing real-time reporting of those

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