SYDNEY: Embattled Australian telco giant Optus was hit with a US$66mil (RM277.79mil or A$100mil) fine on Sept 24 over "appalling" sales conduct as the firm grapples with fallout from a network outage linked to several deaths.
A federal court ruled the company – one of Australia's top telecoms providers – should be punished for selling products to vulnerable customers between 2019 and 2023 that they did not need or want, leaving many in debt.
