Tag: Telstra

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...

Telstra taps Green energy market

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
There is good news and bad for Australia’s nascent renewable energy industry. Listed companies in the sector are significantly outperforming the rest of the ASX, but renewables are still...

BCA chief elected UTS chancellor

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The University of Technology Sydney’s innovation credentials have been given a boost with the election of Business Council of Australia president Catherine Livingstone as chancellor. Ms Livingstone, who has...

Telstra’s big Manila mobile move

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just two years ago, when he was finance chief, Telstra CEO Andy Penn was at pains to downplay any likelihood that Telstra would invest in any mobile infrastructure. The...

FinTech gold in Asia’s unbanked

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The term ‘unbanked’ conjures all sorts of negative images, but the countless millions of ‘unbanked’ people in the Asia-Pacific region represent a tremendous opportunity for tech companies. More specifically,...

Interview: Telstra’s Vish Nandlall

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There are few industries that have been turned inside out by technology in quite the same way as the telecommunications sector. Telstra Chief Technology Officer Vish Nandlall has watched...

Vodafone left isolated by merger

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The merger of telcos M2 and Vocus comes as no surprise. It is the latest of many mergers and acquisitions in Australian telecommunications, and makes perfect sense in the...

Vamos II: looking at the Big Picture

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Telstra board member Steve Vamos has a theory about automation and the rise of technology. The more technology prevails across our workplace and society, he says, the more the...