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• HTC Desire Android phone hits Telstra shops early

  Telstra has announced the availability of the Android-based HTC Desire smartphone one week earlier than originally planned due to "strong customer interest".

• Telstra to launch second Android phone in Xperia X10

  Telstra has announced it will launch its second Android-powered mobile handset in as many months with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 smartphone to be available in May.

• Telstra to publish apps on Android Market

  Telstra has put its weight behind Google's Android mobile operating system, announcing plans to make its applications available through the Android Market app store.

• Telstra launches video telephony service

  Telstra says the service - which uses videophones developed by Polycom - is an Australian first

• Telstra completes $1.5m bond issue

  The Eurobond issue has a 4.2% annual coupon and matures in March 2020

• pieNETWORKS shares soar on news of Telstra talks

  The parties have entered into exclusive two-month talks over pieNETWORKS' Hotspot Webphone

• Conroy lashes out at Telstra bill delay

  Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has hit out at the Opposition's successful attempt to block debate on the <i>Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) 2009</i> in the Senate.

• Telstra's 1H profit falls 3.3% to $1.8b

  Sliding fixed-line revenue blamed

• IDC Telco Predictions 2010

  IDC has released its 2010 telco market predictions making the pretty safe bets that the Australian market will make a stable recover in 2010 and that the NBN Co and Telstra strike a deal. But believes that there’ll be no NBN fibre rollout on the mainland during the year.

• Robert Nason to leave Tabcorp for Telstra

  Tabcorp has launched a global search to find a replacement wagering division MD

• Telstra separation: industry and analysts respond

  Analysts and industry bodies comment on the proposed break up of Telstra.
  

• NBN: Australia’s $43 billion iPhone

  The National Broadband Network will provide an iPhone-like boom in online applications and services when complete, Federal Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has said.
  

• Q&A: FreePhone Corporate CEO, Peter Tate

  FreePhone Corporate CEO, Peter Tate talks about the business of telecommunications

• Microsoft gets SaaSy with Telstra but doesn't go all the way

  Microsoft has dipped its toe a little further in to the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) world by making its online services available through Telstra's T-Suite platform.

• Telstra goes live with T-Suite SaaS platform

  Telstra has announced that its software as a service (SaaS) platform T-Suite has gone live. The platform, launched in beta in November last year, allows organisations to lease software from the telco for a recurring monthly fee.