Telstra taps exec to capitalise on 5G
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Deutsche Telekom's Christian von Reventlow will be the man charged with delivering the products and technology needed to get Telstra out of its earnings rut.
Deutsche Telekom's Christian von Reventlow will be the man charged with delivering the products and technology needed to get Telstra out of its earnings rut.
Telstra has been forced to cut guidance based on the number of houses and businesses being ready and connecting to the NBN this financial year.
Stephen Rue has downplayed the threat of 5G mobile competition and simmering political differences over how the national broadband network should be finished.
NBN talked up its prospects on Friday but a fast growing rival Uniti Wireless will begin offering services in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth ahead of an ASX IPO.
NBN Co will rely heavily on growth in its fledgling enterprise business to achieve a forecast leap in average revenue per user, as its costs blew out by $2.2 billion.
The Vodafone-TPG merger was years in the making, but the deal was pushed through in weeks.
The merger of TPG Telecom and Vodafone Hutchison Australia will create a $15 billion telecommunications giant that will target Telstra and Optus across mobile and broadband.
You can only imagine the twists and turns as TPG Telecom boss David Teoh talked tough with two big global players, Vodafone Group and CK Hutchison, and Vodafone Australia's executives in the past six months.
TPG's reclusive CEO David Teoh has categorically reshaped the telco industry with a series of huge deals in the past decade, and looks to be working his magic again.
Vodafone Hutchison Australia Iñaki Berroeta says the merger with TPG Telecom will give the combined business a stronger negotiating position...
TPG Telecom and Vodafone Hutchison's proposed $15 billion tie-up should also be of some benefit to major rivals Telstra and Optus, according...
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