Technology Regulator levies hefty fine on BT after 999 outageCatherine Levin23 July 2024 Ofcom has fined BT £17.5m for being ill-prepared to respond to a catastrophic failure of its emergency call handling service last summer, where over a ten hour period it failed to connect over 12,000 999 callers to the emergency services.
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