32m UK O2 mobile phones CUT OFF7 Dec 2018 23:44
Some 32 million O2 mobile phone customers in the UK saw their services cut off for the best part of 24 hours yesterday; Softbank customers in Japan also suffered a roughly 4-hour outage, as did other UK providers who use 02’s platform. The fault is said to lie with Ericsson’s hardware which both companies use. Rather frighteningly, the sector is dominated by giants Ericsson, Huawei, and Nokia. The gig economy went into meltdown as customers couldn’t use the apps that they depend on.