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• Telstra unveils Australia's fastest cable broadband

  BNET - 2009-11-18

  Telstra will launch Australia's fastest cable broadband network in Melbourne on December 1 in a move to increase speed and bandwidth for multiple users within households. The upgrade of the telco's hybrid fibre coaxial broadband network will be able to provide download capacities of up to 100Mbps and increase upload...

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• Telstra questions fast broadband demand

  BNET - 2009-11-17

  TELSTRA boss David Thodey has left a question mark hanging over the financial viability of the government's $43 billion national broadband network NBN by wondering whether there is enough demand for high-speed internet among consumers and business users. Speaking in Sydney yesterday, Mr Thodey also questioned whether small businesses and...

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• Telstra Announces Carbon Reduction Plan

  AAP - 2009-11-16

  Australia's biggest telecommunications company Telstra Corporation Ltd, plans to reduce carbon emissions for every dollar earned by at least a tenth over the next six years.The company is targeting a reduction in its carbon emissions intensity, the amount of carbon emitted for every dollar earned, of at least 10...

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• Stokes Says He Has Eyes on Foxtel

  AAP - 2009-11-09

  Seven Network Ltd executive chairman Kerry Stokes would like to buy Foxtel but says he doubts Telstra Corporation Ltd will ever offload its stake in the lucrative pay-TV business."Should they ever decide they wanted to, I think there would be certainly at least two very enthusiastic buyers," Mr Stokes...

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• Thodey: Telstra customer service "not good enough"

  BNET - 2009-11-04

  Telstra has done an about face on its decision to charge customers for paying their bills over-the-counter, scrapping the penalty $2.20 fee and promising to credit customers who have had to already pay the fee. Telstra CEO David Thodey said it could take up to three months to implement the...

  Tags: fee, Telstra Corp., Customer

• Telstra Dumps Controversial Billing Fee

  AAP - 2009-11-04

  Telstra has dumped its controversial $2.20 administration fee for people paying their bills over the counter or by mail less than two months after it was introduced.Telstra CEO David Thodey on Tuesday said the change would be implemented over the next few months and Telstra would automatically refund all...

  Tags: Telstra Corp., Electronic Payment, Billing, AAP

• Computerworld's Telstra News Wrap

  BNET - 2009-10-30

  Telstra to launch T-Hub Telstra has used its Investor Day to announce its forthcoming T-Hub service, which combines a wireless handset and public switched telephone network PSTN calling service with 7-inch touchscreen and access to the Internet. Telstra to push for cash not equity swap with NBN Co Telstra is...

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• Telstra bill on Senate agenda

  BNET - 2009-10-29

  Nicola Berkovic | October 30, 2009FEDERAL Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has cleared his first hurdle to forcing the separation of Telstra, winning support from cross-bench senators to debate the bill when parliament resumes next month.But Senator Conroy faces a tough battle to push the bill through parliament before the end...

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• Telstra unsure on NBN assets

  BNET - 2009-10-28

  Jennifer Hewett, National affairs correspondent | October 29, 2009TELSTRA expects to reach agreement with the government on the national broadband network by December, but chief executive David Thodey says any deal on selling assets must provide fair value for shareholders.Mr Thodey told an annual investor day conference in Sydney yesterday...

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• Telstra to Sell Assets to Govt 'fairly'

  AAP - 2009-10-28

  Telstra Corporation Ltd says it is open to selling assets to the government's national broadband network but it needs a guarantee on returns.Chief financial officer John Stanhope told an institutional investor briefing that Telstra could sell fixed-line assets to the NBN Company, but shareholders would want a guarantee of...

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