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• Optus' cloud offering 'not vague': MD

  Optus Business' acting managing director has dismissed suggestions that the telco's cloud offering is vague and lacks a proper roadmap.

• Australian Vintage moves to improved distribution service model

  Local wine distributor, Australian Vintage, has moved to an improved distribution service model in an attempt to better connect its mobile workforce.

• Telstra deep dives clear the air on cloud

  Flexibility and business value have been keyed as high priorities in discussions around the cloud for CIOs, according to Telstra.

• Telstra pushes cloud to large enterprises

  Telstra (ASX:TLS) and Accenture will jointly push an off-premise private cloud virtualisation platform to large enterprise and government departments in a move that signals the incumbent telco’s view beyond mid-enterprise cloud offerings.

• Future Fund sells 113.6m Telstra shares

  The Government-owned Future Fund has sold off 113.6m Telstra (ASX:TLS) shares, as part of a long-term plan to decrease its holding in the company

• Turnbull endorses, then attacks, Labor's Telstra separation bill

  Opposition communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has confirmed the Opposition will not immediately seek to block the Telstra separation bill introduced into Parliament today.
  

• Telstra structural separation bill to be tabled today

  Telstra’s structural separation is again on the cards with the Federal Government signalling it will make a second attempt to re-introduce its bill to facilitate the split today.
  

• Telstra International hires global sales director

  Telstra's (ASX:TLS) International division has hired Phil Mottram as its executive director of global sales, effective mid-November

• Telstra moves to lift customer service with new online billing

  Telstra has moved to lift its poor customer service record responded with the development of a new online self-serve billing option.

• Telstra names new chief information officer

  Telstra has named Patrick Eltridge as its new CIO following the departure of John McInerney in June.
  

• Time to ditch the iPhone as Android is the future: Telstra

  Telstra’s chief technology officer, Dr Hugh Bradlow, has issued a warning to IT departments country-wide: be wary of standardising on the iPhone as Android is the future of the smartphone.
  

• Telstra launches M2M self-service platform

  Telstra (ASX:TLS) has forged an exclusive partnership with M2M technology provider Jasper Wireless to power the new Telstra Wireless M2M Control Centre

• Telstra forms JV to publish free magazine

  Telstra (ASX:TLS) has entered a JV with ACP Custom Media to publish a free magazine to be sent to its SMB customers

• Telstra to focus on cost cuts, user retention

  Telecom operator Telstra (ASX:TLS) will focus on reducing costs, improving customer acquisition and retention, and long-term growth to counter an expected high-single-digit ebitda decline in FY11

• World Reach shares jump 16% on $2m order

  Shares in telecom equipment vendor World Reach (ASX:WRR) are up more than 16% since it announced it had received a $2m order from Telstra (ASX:TLS) for its satellite phone accessories