Dec 4 (Reuters) - Australian telecom company Optus has fully restored its National Broadband Network (nbn) services in Brisbane and other affected areas of Queensland following a recent outage, according to an update on its website on Thursday.

Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) (STEL.SI) , opens new tab, did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment, while SingTel is also yet to respond.

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The outage on Wednesday left almost 100,000 Optus customers across Brisbane and southeast Queensland unable to dial "000", Australia's emergency number, after an nbn disruption, according to media reports , opens new tab.

The outage also prevented some landline users from reaching emergency services, the reports added.

Media outlets also reported that a spokesperson of the company told Brisbane radio the disruption had been caused by a network server failure.

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