A new commissioner will be appointed to help oversee cyber security breaches as part of an overhaul of the sector in Australia, the government has announced.
The federal government is playing up its partnership with Telstra to buy a South Pacific mobile and broadband company as a sign of its commitment to the region.
Telstra wants to make coronavirus vaccination mandatory for many of its workers, but will be challenged over the possibility of medically exempt workers losing their jobs.
Telstra Corporation has sold off just under half its mobile towers business to a high-powered consortium, including Australia's sovereign wealth fund, for almost $3 billion.
Telstra executives continued to assure investors that the decade-long costs of customers migrating to the NBN are almost over, after the carrier's first-half profit slipped by 2.2 per cent.
Telstra will take a $300 million impairment charge on its 35 per cent stake in Foxtel after the majority owner of the pay TV network, News Corp, wrote down its value.
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Telstra has frozen its job cutting program for six months, suspended late payment fees and disconnections, and has invited stood-down Qantas employees to apply for 1,000 temporary jobs to help virus-proof the economy.
Telstra has reported a 7.6 per cent drop in first-half profit to $1.14 billion - in line with guidance and expectations - with bushfires and the ongoing NBN rollout weighing on the telco's bottom line.
Rio Tinto and Telstra have announced shorter payment terms for small and medium Australian businesses, whereby SMEs will be paid within 20 days of a valid invoice receipt.
Telstra will reduce the number of contractors it employees by about 10,000 over the next two years as it tries to cut costs, chief executive Andrew Penn says.
Telstra has announced it will record $500 million in impairments in its 2019 financial year results on ageing data-storage assets and forecast higher restructuring costs this year as it expedites a plan to slash jobs.
Telstra will build 23 of the 26 new mobile base stations and small cells to be delivered in Western Australia, as part of the fourth round of a government initiative to improve mobile coverage in regional and remote communities.
The NBN rollout continues eat away at Telstra's balance sheet, with the telco giant cutting its interim payout to shareholders after a 28 per cent dive in first-half profit to $1.2 billion.
Three telco groups, including TPG and UK-based Dense Air, have spent $19 million securing 5G spectrum lots in Western Australia as part of an auction run by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Telstra launched its 5G mobile network in Perth today, while also confirming multinational telco Ericsson as its partner in a national rollout of the technology.
Telstra is axing 8,000 jobs over the next three years as it tries to save $1 billion while tackling the cost of investing in new technology and increased competition from its rivals.
News Corporation and Telstra have struck a deal that will see Foxtel and Fox Sports will merge into a single company by the end of June, with current Foxtel chief executive Patrick Delaney at its head.
The consumer watchdog will review the standard of service NBN Co delivers to retailers as the largest retailer, Telstra, warns of slim margins due to the wholesale price NBN Co charges.
Telstra says competition in the telecommunications sector remains tough and concedes it will probably lose customers to smaller rival TPG Telecom when the market newcomer establishes its own mobile phone network.
Telstra boss Andrew Penn will take home $5.2 million this year, almost $1.6 million less than he did a year ago, as the telco's plunging share price weighs on his share entitlements.
Telstra's plan to pay down debt and create new shareholder returns by monetising the receipts from the national broadband network has been rejected by the rollout company.
Shares in Telstra have plunged to a five-year low as investors react to the telco giant's announcement it will reduce dividends as of the current financial year.
Telstra has defended the quality of its network after a series of major disruptions this year while also warning against the possible regulation of mobile roaming charges.
Telstra will spend an extra $3 billion on its networks and has confirmed it will return $1.5 billion to shareholders in a buyback after its annual profit jumped 36.6 per cent to $5.78 billion.
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn says the days where companies do all of their innovation, research and development internally are over, while new creative and more nimble startups are proving that the scale of a business is no longer a competitive advantage.
