Holding an emergency press conference at 5.30pm on a Friday rarely means anything good. For Optus CEOStephen Rue, it was to talk to journalists about his telecommunications giant’s latest tech cock-up.
Scarcely believable was that the Microsoft Teams call began with another tech blunder! Once Rue dialled into the presser (15 minutes late), he accidentally had himself on mute so those on the call got crickets.
