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Tag: 'shareholder'

News and features tagged with 'shareholder'

Telstra profit increases 13.5%

Telstra today announced a profit after tax and minority interests of $3.7 billion for the year ended 30 June 2008, an increase of 13.5%. With Telstra’s... More

Live webcast: Telstra's 2008 annual results announcement

Telstra's Chief Executive Officer Sol Trujillo and Telstra's Chief Financial Officer John Stanhope will present Telstra's Full Year Results on 13 August... More

Telstra takes stake in Chinese online businesses

Telstra has acquired 55 per cent of two Chinese internet businesses, Norstar Media and Autohome/PCPop, which have leading positions in the fast-growing... More

Macquarie to advise Telstra on NBN

Macquarie Capital Advisers will act as Telstra’s financial adviser in Telstra’s bid to build a National Broadband Network (NBN), Telstra's Chief Financial... More

Separation: More placebo than panacea

As the National Broadband Network process continues, the call for separation of Telstra guarantees media headlines. In the case of one JP Morgan analyst... More

New Telstra: Delivering a trifecta

T3 shareholders, consumers and the Australian Government were collecting in a trifecta-win with the New Telstra now recognised by Australian and overseas... More

Telstra warns against unsolicited share purchase offer

Telstra warns shareholders that they may receive an unsolicited offer to purchase their Telstra shares at a price which is far below the current market... More

Has Telstra turned its back on cuddly animals?

Suggestions Telstra is planning to cut off services to Australia's emergency wildlife services makes for good newspaper headlines, but is totally incorrect. More

Telstra Wholesale: Sainsbury wrong AGAIN

Kate McKenzie, Group Managing Director, Telstra Wholesale, responds to Michael Sainsbury's suggestion that Telstra is shutting down its wholesale business. More

nowwearetalking TV on Telstra's half year results

Telstra’s GMD’s Deena Shiff and David Moffatt tell the customer stories around the Telstra’s half year figures, and what we can expect as Telstra continues... More

Telstra's half year results announcement

Shareholders can watch Telstra deliver its financial results for the half year ended 31 December 2007 live on the web. More

New $2 million program to tackle online bullying

A new $2 million Telstra Foundation program aims to reduce bullying and harassment of children using the internet and mobile phones across Australia. More

Ethics in philanthropy: Phil Burgess speaks out

Speaking recently at an Ethics in Philanthropy dinner, Dr Phil Burgess, Director of the Telstra Foundation, looked at the issues facing corporate foundations... More

Help for Telstra customers affected by recent storms

Telstra has announced a relief package for its customers in NSW North Coast, Gold Coast and Queensland's South East Darling Downs regions whose phone services... More

ACCC case provides evidence of broken regime

The Federal Court ruled today that a competition notice issued illegally by the ACCC 18 months ago should be quashed. The Court's decision again demonstrates... More

Rudd government faces telecommunications challenge

In an interview with ABC Lateline Business, Telstra’s Dr Phil Burgess says that the new government wants to see results in the market place, wants... More

Boggabri: the case for fairness

A small country town 500km north of Sydney may have a funny name, but it illustrates an important argument about fairness. It can cost Telstra $30,000... More

Telstra helping Australians to live and work

Telstra today announced it had given $18.8 million in 2006-07 to help Australians live and work in their local communities – making the company... More

Telstra supports kids' cyber-safety

This week the Telstra Foundation announced it would provide $1 million to create a safe online community for Australian primary school children to communicate... More

Telstra shareholder feedback

“In September we asked our shareholders for their thoughts and the feedback was overwhelming. More than 35,000 shareholders responded to our survey,... More

Law firm slams Telstra class action

The Australian newspaper reports that chairman of law firm Maurice Blackburn, Bernard Murphy, has ‘struck out at rival Slater & Gordon, saying the Telstra... More

Telstra in High Court challenge

The High Court this week heard Telstra’s challenge to the validity of the Trade Practices Act as it applies to two Declared Services – the ULL Service... More

Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo interview

Sol Trujillo talks candidly about Telstra's transformation, the challenges and the environment that Telstra operates in today. More

Settlement decision in shareholders' interests

Telstra has agreed to accept a settlement offer in a class action because it was likely to be a less costly option for shareholders than running the case. More

Aligning regulations with national needs

Telstra's Dr Phil Burgess doesn't spare the horses in his Melbourne Cup Day address to a Telstra senior executive CEO Forum. More

Telstra's 2007 Annual General Meeting

Telstra's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in Sydney today at Bayside Auditorium, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour,... More

Telstra Investor Day, 1 November

Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo, and leadership team, will lead a special Investor Day in Sydney to update the financial market on the progress of the company's... More

Performance or conformance?

By Charles Macek Director, Telstra Corporation Limited More

Telstra's Wireless Broadband wins world engineering award

The International Engineering Consortium has recognised the speed, coverage and features available on Telstra's BigPond® Wireless Broadband service with... More

Telstra CFO: splitting up Telstra is a nightmare for everyone

The Minister for Communications, Senator Helen Coonan, hints this week of her desire for the separation of Telstra's network and service assets would destroy... More

Splitting up Telstra a nightmare for service and shareholders

Separation of Telstra's network and service assets would destroy shareholder value and degrade services. More

Labor pollster not on Telstra payroll

The Minister for Communications, Sen. Helen Coonan, claimed in the Senate last week that John Utting, Labor’s pollster, was on Telstra's payroll.... More

Telstra shareholders invited to tell us what they think

Survey closed 7 October. Telstra's 1.5 million shareholders are invited to tell us what they think about important policy matters that affect the... More

Say goodbye to CDMA, say hello to Next G™ wireless broadband

In letters being sent out with the AGM Notice of Meeting, Telstra is letting its 1.5 million shareholders know it is on track to close down the ageing... More

Global partners attract global interest in IT Transformation

Telstra’s IT transformation is being undertaken on a scale not seen anywhere around the world More

Sub-loop unbundling could impact future technology innovation

Telstra strategic supplier Alcatel-Lucent has submitted a compelling report on the future implications of sub-loop unbundling for the modern market in... More

Hearing is believing

Telstra’s long-standing commitment to customers, shareholders and employees who are deaf was acknowledged when Telstra won at the inaugural Excellence... More

Telstra selects three services industry leaders

Telstra has steamlined the provision of fault repairs, installations, civil works and construction work on its access network. More

Telstra shares trading ex-dividend

Telstra shares commenced trading "ex-dividend". This means that Telstra shares purchased on or after this date will not be entitled to the fully franked... More

Trujillo's share keeps him focused

Stuart Wilson, CEO of the Australian Shareholders Association has joined the debate about CEO remuneration and the importance of linking executive remuneration... More

2007 Telstra annual results

Telstra today announced earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose 42% in the second half of the financial year ended 30 June 2007, surpassing guidance... More

Minister's licence condition unnecessary

The decision by the Minister for Communications, Helen Coonan, to issue Telstra with a draft licence condition will make no difference to the scheduled... More

C7 case judgement: Channel Seven "author of its own misfortune"

The Seven Network has lost its court action against Telstra, PBL and News Limited over the failure of its pay-TV channel, C7. More

Instalment receipt prepayments

Some shareholders may have noticed that Telstra recently lodged a notice with the Australian Stock Exchange (PDF- 35.5KB, www.telstra.com.au) advising... More

Telstra takes action to save water

With drought devastating communities across Australia, Telstra is taking action to contribute to the nation’s water saving efforts. More

Telstra Foundation gets kids to school at Aurukun

A $325,000 program, funded by Telstra’s philanthropic arm, the Telstra Foundation, has increased school attendance by 166 per cent at Aurukun Primary School... More

Telstra Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Telstra today announced the establishment of a Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRP") for shareholders. More

ACCC fails yet again

The ACCC's sorry track record of failing to control soaring petrol prices looks set to continue with the Federal Court dismissing a case launched by the... More

Property Transformation builds savings

Since July 2005, Telstra has exited 65 commercial sites across Australia. More

Sol Trujillo nominated for leadership award

Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo has been short listed as one of the finalists in the World Communications Awards for being one of the most influential people... More

ACCC to consider 'sub-loop unbundling'

The ACCC announced that in response to the so-called G9 group of carriers it will hold an enquiry into whether or not it should vary the ULL service description More

Telstra employees back the company

Telstra's annual survey of employees has shown staff are firmly behind the company's transformation. More

Silver award for corporate responsibility

Telstra has received a silver award for corporate social responsibility in an annual survey by Fairfax newspapers. More

Watchdog whacked

The Federal Court has ruled the ACCC acted illegally in a case that left Telstra shareholders facing a liability of more than $1 billion. More

Footy fight: the story behind the row over NRL rights

Telstra has launched legal action against News Ltd companies in relation to the online and mobile phone rights to the NRL. More

World War II treasure revealed

Telstra's Communications Chief and nowwearetalking founder Dr Phil Burgess has donated an amazing family treasure to the Australian Jewish Museum More

Review of USO funding welcomed

Communications Minister Helen Coonan has announced a review of the Universal Service Obligation. More

Pledge to cut red tape

The Federal Opposition has promised to reduce the red tape burden on Telstra shareholders, including a review of the under-funded Universal Service Obligation. More

G9 latest news: it's a 20 year monopoly

Read our complete analysis of the Singtel G9 proposal, including a comparison of the Telstra and G9 Fibre to the Node proposals. More

UPDATE: Minister wrong yet again

Communications Minister Helen Coonan has once again tried to muddy the waters to avoid facing up to the facts behind Australia's woeful broadband performance. More

Weapon backfires on ACCC

The ACCC has suffered a major embarrassment, admitting it has no evidence to back an allegation that Telstra had acted anti-competitively in raising wholesale... More

WRONG Minister!

Telstra's Broadband Australia Campaign has come under the spotlight in Federal Parliament, with the Communications Minister Helen Coonan going on the attack... More

The Singapore extortion

SingTel-Optus released its secret plan to seize Telstra shareholders' property to selected media - nowwearetalking now makes it available to all. More

Broadband Australia Campaign launch

Telstra held a briefing today on Australia's 'broadband drought' and its campaign to provide Australians with high-speed broadband at the earliest possible... More

Sol hopeful on fibre network

Telstra's CEO Sol Trujillo says he hopes the government will be open to talks about building a fibre-optic network. More

Trujillo's Telstra a winner

ALMOST 20 months into the job as Telstra chief executive, Sol Trujillo can sense victory. The technology revolution he proposed for Telstra in 2005 had... More

High Court to decide shareholders' rights case

Telstra has asked the High Court to rule whether laws governing competition in the telecommunications industry comply with the Constitution. More

Telstra on the rise

Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo says the rise in the T3 share price is a vote of confidence in the company and its transformation. More

How shareholders voted at Telstra's 2006 Annual General Meeting

he chart below shows which motions received the most votes at Telstra's 2006 Annual General Meeting, excluding the Commonwealth Government vote. More

COWs set to boost performance

During high profile sports and entertainment events, or in time of crisis, Telstra’s new high speed Next G™ network will handle peak demands thanks to... More

Burgess blasts "rogue regulator"

Telstra's high profile communications and policy chief Dr Phil Burgess has accused the ACCC of being a "rogue regulator" for trying to undermine... More

The piggyback lie

We expose the furphy behind claims competitors deserve a free ride on Telstra's network. More

Now 1.65 million Telstra owners

Telstra's shareholder base is now made up of 1.65 million 'mums and dads' with an extra 100,000 owners added to the share registry following the successful... More

Piggyback review

ACCC Chairman Graeme Samuel has indicated the regulator may be having second thoughts about its long-standing policy of allowing competitors to leach on... More

Telstra acquires booming Chinese real estate website

Telstra has bought a 51 per cent shareholding in SouFun Holdings Limited, China's number one real-estate and home furnishing and improvement website, for... More

Minister Coonan the biggest risk facing Telstra

Communications Minister Helen Coonan is the biggest risk facing Telstra, according to one of Australia's most respected business commentators. More

So much for a level playing field

More evidence is coming out about how Australia's telecommunications policies are transferring the wealth of Telstra's Australian shareholders to Singapore. More

What happens when shareholders complain

In a week when Communications Minister Helen Coonan announced even more regulations on Telstra that don't apply to competitors, we found out what happens... More

 

Blog entries tagged with 'shareholder'

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Discussions tagged with 'shareholder'

What is your view of Telstra's results?

What is your view of Telstra's results and its record of delivering better services for customers and improved returns for its shareholders? More

 

Stories tagged with 'shareholder'

Henry Jozefowski from Cairns QLD

Henry Jozefowski is a 74 year old who lives in Cairns, QLD, and has been a Telstra shareholder since T1. More

Jal Milne from Sydney NSW

Jal Milne is a 31 year old who lives in Sydney, NSW, and has been a Telstra shareholder since T3. More

Mackenzie Craig from Nathalia VIC

Mackenzie Craig is a 45 year old who lives in Nathalia, VIC, and has been a Telstra shareholder for 10 years. More

Richard Geyer from Adelaide SA

Richard Geyer is a 66 year old who lives in Adelaide, SA, and has been a Telstra shareholder for 10 years. More

Angela Winter from Rockhampton QLD

Angela Winter is a 60+ year old who lives in Rockhampton, QLD, and has been a Telstra shareholder for over 9 years. More

Joan Habib from Adelaide SA

Joan Habib is a hard working cleaner and home maker who lives in Adelaide, SA, and has been a Telstra shareholder for 10 years. More

Horng-Woei Wang from Brisbane QLD

Horng-Woei Wang is a 27 year old who lives in Brisbane, QLD, and has been a Telstra shareholder since T1. More

Les O'Gorman from Logan QLD

Les O'Gorman is a 70 year old who lives in Logan, QLD, and has been a Telstra shareholder since T1. More

Hemant Purohit from Sydney NSW

Hemant Purohit is a 55 year old who lives in Sydney, NSW, and has been a Telstra shareholder since T2. More

John George from Melbourne VIC

John George is a 59 year old who lives in Melbourne, VIC, and has been a Telstra shareholder for 9+ years. More

Rick Clarke from Essendon VIC

Rick Clarke is a 19 year old who lives in Essendon, VIC, and has been a Telstra shareholder for 9 years since T1 (on and off). More

Bruce Mclean from Toowoomba QLD

Bruce Mclean is a 49 year old who lives in Toowoomba, QLD, and has been a Telstra shareholder since 1999. More

Allan Cox from Melbourne VIC

Allan Cox is a 55 year old who lives in Melbourne, VIC, and has been a Telstra shareholder since the first float. More

Lou Geradts from Melbourne VIC

Lou Geradts is a retiree who lives in Melbourne, VIC, and has been a Telstra shareholder since the first float. More

Madge Tuxworth from Melbourne VIC

Madge Tuxworth is a 73 year old who lives in Melbourne, VIC, and has been a Telstra shareholder for 3 years. More

Michael Delaney from Brisbane QLD

Michael Delaney is a 59 year old who lives in Brisbane, QLD, and has been a Telstra shareholder for 10 years. More

Colin Middleton from Melbourne VIC

Colin and Laurie Middleton are 67 year-old twins who live in Melbourne, VIC, and have been Telstra shareholders since T2. More

Endre Hay from Hobart TAS

Endre Hay is a 59 year old who lives in Hobart, TAS, and has been a Telstra shareholder since the T2 float. More

Robyn Cadzow from Alice Springs NT

Robyn Cadzow is a 45 year-old who lives in Alice Springs, NT, and has been a Telstra shareholder for 9 years. More

Peter Manuel from Toowoomba QLD

Peter Manuel is a 74 year old who lives in Toowoomba, QLD, and has been a Telstra shareholder for 9 years. More

Gary Blight from Brisbane QLD

Gary Blight is a 59 year old who lives in Brisbane, QLD, and has been a Telstra shareholder since T1. More

Andrew Barnes from Melbourne VIC

Andrew Barnes is a 44 year old who lives in Melbourne, VIC, and has been a Telstra shareholder since T1. More

Sydney Lawrence from Manly QLD

Sydney Lawrence is a 66 year old (but looks 50 and acts 30) who lives in Manly, QLD, and has been a Telstra shareholder for about 5 years. More

 

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