Singtel has awarded a staff "bonus" precisely one week after an Optus network outage led to the failure of some triple-0 calls, which was linked to three deaths in Australia.

In a filing to the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) titled: Grant of Share Awards Under the Singtel Performance Shares Plan 2012, Singtel stated: "Awards in respect of 32,198 ordinary shares in Singapore Telecommunications Limited ("Singtel") have been granted pursuant to the Singtel Performance Share Plan 2012."

The announcement was published on the SGX website at 6:58pm, local time.

The shares were awarded at a price of $S4.26 ($5.01), bringing the remuneration to $S137,163.

The Singtel employee receiving the bonus was not disclosed, but the "Announcement Title" was "Employee Stock Option/Share Scheme".

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