Tag: Andy Penn

End of Telstra’s grand bargain

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One of the many things that the National Broadband Network has done is to finally torpedo Telstra’s grand bargain with the Australian government. Once upon a time this bargain...

Telstra change a shock to Canberra

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Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum have reacted with “shock” and “disappointment” at news of Telstra’s major restructuring and slashing of 8000 jobs. The federal government used...

Andy Penn on our Asia future

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Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has nominated the development of next-generation skills and capabilities as the key ingredient for capitalising on the current wave of disruptive technological change. Speaking...

Telstra switches to new spin cycle

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Ever since David Thodey stepped down from the top job at Telstra, there’s been a growing and nagging sense that things are not quite as fabulous as they were....

Google Schmoogle: Telstra takes aim

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
‘Google Schmoogle’ was a phrase famously coined by former Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo as he batted away concerns that the search engine giant, back in 2005 as a...

Google Schmoogle: Telstra takes aim

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
‘Google Schmoogle’ was a phrase famously coined by former Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo as he batted away concerns that the search engine giant, back in 2005 as a...

Stephen Elop’s new Telstra test

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Telstra chief executive Andy Penn’s ambitious bid to recast the telco as a technology company is underway, with former Nokia chief and senior Microsoft executive Stephen Elop starting work...

Telstra’s long march into Asia

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
When Andy Penn became CEO at Telstra he said he would bring his “particular passion” for doing business in Asia to the role. InnovationAus.com was last week reporting that...

Telstra walks from San Miguel deal

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has just been forced to walk away from his first big Asian deal, to partner with the San Miguel group to build the Philippine’s...