November 4, 2026 — 10:32pm

Telstra has blamed a technical glitch with its voicemail service for a series of missed calls and voicemail alerts sent to mobile phones on Wednesday evening.

Customers flooded social media sites to report confusion surrounding the mysterious arrival of missed calls and voicemail alerts.

Telstra customers said they received missed calls from people they hadn’t even called. Glenn Hunt

“The really strange part is that some of these people and I haven’t even spoken or contacted each other in days,” one person said on Reddit.

“So it’s not a case of accidentally missing a call or not hearing the phone ring,” the social media post read.

“Got a text of a missed call from my daughter ... while she was standing right next to me! ...…