Source: The Australian - James Riley
31st January, 2006

Sol Trujillo is under pressure to break with tradition and front up for a parliamentary grilling by the Nationals on his plans for telecommunications services in the bush.

Source: The Age - Helen Westerman and Rebecca Urban
31st January, 2006

Sol Trujillo might have outed himself as a feminist during a recent publicity stunt but it appears Telstra has long aspired to a more feminine touch.

Source: The Age - Peter Ker
31st January, 2006

A convicted drug grower has agreed to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay after his inclusion threatened to become a major embarrassment for Games organisers and relay sponsor Telstra.

Source: The Australian - Michael Sainsbury
27th January, 2006

Telstra risks being issued with a notice for anti-competitive behaviour by the competition watchdog in the next two weeks, bringing with it the potential for multi-million-dollar fines and court proceeding from its competitors.

Source: The Australian - Michael Sainsbury
25th January, 2006

Vodafone continues to bulk-up its business, with 110,000 new subscribers joining the network in the December quarter. But the numbers may mask a quicker-than-expected slowdown in the $11 billion a year sector.

Source: The Australian - Michael Sainsbury
23rd January, 2006

Some time soon, Finance Minister Nick Minchin must make a decision on whether to proceed with a total or partial sale of the Australian taxpayers' 51.8 per cent share in Telstra.

Source: Australian - Michael Sainsbury
20th January, 2006

Sol Trujillo has appointed another two former executives from American telecommunications company US West to senior management roles at Telstra.

Source: Australian - Rhys Haynes
20th January, 2006

The Telstra share price was down 3c at lunchtime, to dip below $4.00 to $3.99 as it was hit with a $300 million class action by a group of shareholders over its disclosure of information.

Source: The Australian - John Lehmann
19th January, 2006

Murdoch's News Limited is set to unleash a challenge to Telstra's $1.6 billion-a-year Sensis listings business.

Source: SMH - Paul McIntyre
19th January, 2006

Telstra has turned its back on the burgeoning branded content trend, dumping the Bread TV show it funded and produced for three seasons on Network Ten just as the show was pulling its biggest TV and online audiences.

Source: The Australian IT - Michael Sainsbury
18th January, 2006

Optus has begun shifting its 200,000-plus DSL customers across to its new copper wire based broadband network in a move that could help wipe more than $1 billion a year from Telstra's revenues.

Source: The Australian IT - Michael Sainsbury
18th January, 2006

The first major wave of redundancies at Telstra's networks and information technology division is expected to hit staff as early as this week.

Source: The Australian - Sid Marris
17th January, 2006

The battering the Federal Government received as it pushed through industrial relations changes last year has dissipated, with John Howard experiencing a resurgence in popularity.

Source: The Australian/AAP
17th January, 2006

Telstra asked the competition watchdog to approve a proposal that would increase the cost of its competitors accessing its telecommunications network in key markets.

Source: The Age - Marc Moncrief
17th January, 2006

Only one Australian bank is among the 11 with a chance to reap the harvest of fees from the proposed T3 Telstra sale.

Source: Sunday Age - Richard Webb
15th January, 2006

Telstra is moving to eliminate broadband competition in the bush by refusing to be a wholesale services provider under a new $878 million Federal Government scheme.

Source: The Australian - Anna Fenech
13th January, 2006

Workers had almost $800 billion in superannuation savings by September 2005, up more than 20 per cent in 12 months, with not-for-profit industry super funds winning the battle for assets in growth terms.

Source: The Age - Colin Kruger
12th January, 2006

Virgin Group has sold its 74 per cent stake in Virgin Mobile Australia to its venture partner, Optus, in a deal worth $100 million over 15 years.

Source: The Australian - Katherine Jimenez
11th January, 2006

The Takeovers Panel yesterday forced Commander Communications to correct "numerical errors" in its bidder's document for Volante group ahead of its release. Commander launched a $130 million hostile takeover bid for Volante last month.

Source: The Australian - James Riley
10th January, 2006

Broadband internet connections in homes and small businesses have doubled in the past 12 months, but critics warn that Australians are being lumbered with a snail's-pace service, compared with the rest of the advanced world.

Source: The Australian/AAP
9th January, 2006

The take-up of broadband services grew 19 per cent in the September 2005 quarter to more than 2.5 million subscribers, according to the latest data from the competition regulator.

Source: ABC Online
5th January, 2006

A business lobby group says a survey of more than 1,500 employers has found that only 13 per cent fully understand the Federal Government's new industrial relations (IR) laws.