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Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has been accused of downplaying the consequences of Wednesday's mass outage on small businesses, after the telco boss appeared to question why a Sydney barber could not trade during the reception blackout.

Compensation for small businesses hit by yesterday's Optus network outage "has to be on the table," Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones says, as entrepreneurs across the country deal with the aftermath of lost sales and severed communications.

Small businesses rattled by Wednesday's massive Optus network outage should hold on to their receipts, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says, as mobile and internet services gradually return.

Optus has been hit by a nationwide outage, with its mobile phone and internet services down for millions of Australian customers and businesses.

According to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman's annual report, complaints about Optus rose 29.5% from 15,696 in 2021-22 to 20,323 in 2022-23.

Amazon has taken first steps to rival Elon Musk's Starlink low-orbit internet service with its first Kuiper Systems test satellites launching over the weekend.

ACMA has issued a warning to Elon Musk's Starlink for not adding an end date to hugely discounted hardware for rural Aussies.

Optus has announced a partnership with Elon Musk's starlink to bring mobile connectivity across the majority of Australia. But we'll be waiting awhile for it.

Telstra has admitted that when deciding on satellite partners like Starlink, it didn't think nbn's Sky Muster was good enough.

Court documents from Boost Mobile show if its case is successful, it wants Optus to run ads admitting to alleged trademark infringement.

Things are heating up in the telco war between Boost Mobile and Optus over use of the word 'boost' with the matter heading to Federal Court.

NBN Co announces faster Sky Muster satellite speeds just hours after a new Starlink speed test is revealed. Here's why that's so important for rural businesses.