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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 unlikely to come to a pure equity swap deal with the NBN Co due to concerns over a lack uncertainty over the value of the NBN’s assets, Telstra CFO John Stanhope has said.

Telstra CEO continues push for separation delay at Telstra investor day Telstra CEO, David Thodey, has used his opening address to push the company’s case for postponing the Federal Government’s Telstra separation bill until next year.

Telstra overspends $1.5b on IT transformation Telstra’s IT transformation budget is over by $1.5 billion on the original $12 billion forecast when the project commenced in November 2005.

Talk about IT - What is Telstra's core network worth? What is Telstra's core network worth? The ACCC says it sits at just under $8 billion while the telco says it comes closer to $33 billion. One IDC analyst has said the equities analysts usually say it is between $8-20 billion. What is more likely in your opinion?

Conroy and Minchin spar over Telstra valuation blunder In a rowdy sitting of the Senate communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy and his shadow, Senator Nick Minchin, have traded barbs over the erroneous tabling of an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) document containing a confidential valuation of Telstra's core network.

Analyst: Conroy's blunder number not news The $25 billion difference in valuations of Tesltra's core network between the telco and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is not news to the industry, according to an IDC telecommunications analyst.

Other Telstra stories from around the Web

Telstra bill on Senate agenda FEDERAL 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.

Exetel boss bets against NBN and Quigley John Linton, chief of internet service provider Exetel, says the National Broadband Network (NBN) should be handed to the only company that can build it — Telstra — and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.

Telstra: broadband price cuts "imminent" Telstra has flagged price reductions for its broadband products and services as it fights to maintain market share in the highly competitive sector.

Does Thodey have a deal in the CAN? Winston Churchill is credited for a whip-smart exchange with a woman that ended with the kicker "we've already established [what kind of woman you are]. Now we are haggling about the price."

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