With the government offering billions less compensation than what Telstra wants for the NBN, any chance of a deal between them seems dead. But this might be the best outcome for both, writes Alan Kohler.
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From gatekeeper to gridlock — a brief history of Labor obstructionism
Quit the high horse act on Senate obstructionism, Labor. As the record of the Howard Government shows, what goes around comes around.
Crikey Says: Gorillas in the midst of broadband battle
There are few more absorbing sights than watching two big gorillas going head-to-head in a battle of wits and strength.
Why Telstra castrated a great phone
Telstra’s kneecapping of HTC’s handsome new HD2 reveals a company more interested in controlling you than competing for your business, writes John Addis
The 500 most powerful brands in the world
Brand Finance has released its annual list of the most powerful brands on the planet. Walmart comes in at number one, but Google has knocked off Coke for the number two spot, whilst Woolies, Telstra and Australia’s Big Four all make the cut, too.
Telstra result: flick go the shares as sales drop across the board
The only thing Telstra management is any good at is sacking workers, since just about the only area where Telstra appeared to improve its bottom line was in labour costs, which fell by $185 million.
Dollar a pain in the bottom line for Telstra, Foster’s
A bit of a confession Friday with two of our largest companies revealing lower earnings, and both blaming the high value of the Australian dollar.
Kohler: The government goes into competition with Telstra
National Broadband Network chief Mike Quigley has revealed some telling information about how Telstra and the NBN are going to coexist. And it’s not atl all what we were expecting, write Alan Kohler.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Pricey pud at The Sunday Age‘s Xmas party
The Sunday Age charges its staffers a pretty penny for the company Chrissie bash, Packer and Murdoch Jrs have something on the boil, and the inside word from Telstra.
Hold the phoney: Telstra’s ‘customer’ unmasked
Megan Lane appeared on radio and TV yesterday as an angry Telstra customer as part of the company’s new “My Telstra Experience” campaign, but Crikey can reveal that Lane worked as a Telstra spin doctor until 2002, writes Andrew Crook.
Tips and rumours: Trading Post’s Telstra-esque customer service
Billing issues across Telstra’s departments? Never. But don’t worry, the new CEO will take care of all that. Plus, which indigenous activist and intellectual is anxiously scanning YouTube for old modelling footage of herself?
Telstra’s iPhone stuff-up: network is no (3) gee whiz
In a bid to curb an exodus of customers to Optus and Vodafone, Telstra last week announced that it would be reducing the cost of iPhone handsets by $100 until Christmas.
Telstra’s Tivo: TBox set to launch
Telstra has confirmed it will launch its “TBox” set-top box and digital video recorder next month, allowing users to download movies, TV shows and sport onto their televisions. Will it be embraced like the iQ, or largely ignored like Tivo?
Wal’s still the King of the heap when it comes to pay
Wal King recently gave a spray about the ridiculously high salaries received by CEOs. Maybe he should be looking at his own pay packet — $29 million since 2008, nearly all cash — before casting stones.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Keane on Telstra
Some Crikey readers don’t agree with Bernard Keane that small investors aren’t concerned about what’s happening with Telstra. Plus, an update on visiting detention centres.
Another year, another Telstra rave fest
While the whole experience was very frustrating for shareholders who wanted to hold the board to account, the AGM was a PR success for Telstra, with minimum scrutiny of the board’s performance.
Corporate blogging: Telstra tries again
After its last disastrous attempt, Telstra is having another crack at social media. Full marks for effort, says Trevor Cook, but it’s still little more than a bit of gloss on a dull, besuited corporate empire.
High fliers at the core of the Telstra shareholder revolt
Telstra’s “shareholder revolt” has nothing to do with mum and dad investors: the criticism over the Telco’s structural separation is all coming from a clique of some of Australia’s wealthiest people and the big banks.
This emergency response is brought to you by … Telstra
Last week, Crikey received a curious query from a Victorian reader peeved at a recent call to Telstra’s triple-0 emergency service. It seems that emergency service call centres must say “thank you Telstra!” to every single call.
No happy endings for Coalition after Minchin’s stance on Telstra
Nick Minchin may succeed in delaying Stephen Conroy’s Telstra break-up Bill. But he is painting the Coalition into a corner on Telstra and it’s not going to end well.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Income management and refugees
Crikey readers continue to weigh in on the messy asylum seekers debate. Plus, the surprising nature of extending compulsory income management to all Australians on welfare.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Pepsi joins the soft drink wars
Pepsi fights back in the soft drink marketing wars. Plus, an official Telstra reply alongside further Telstra complaints about bad service.
A case of Telstra’s service (or lack of it) being shanghaied
Crikey reader Jim Gobert tells of his frustration getting an answer — of any sort — from Telstra.
Ping! sends a shake-up message to nervous telcos
An application released last week for Apple’s iPhone, which gives users the ability to circumvent the carriers to send SMSs, will be making our large phone companies a little bit nervous,
