Telstra Digital Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications company which builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets voice, mobile, internet access, pay television and other products and services.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,052 |
Telstra Digital has a long history in Australia, originating together with Australia Post as the Postmaster-General's Department upon federation in 1901.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,054 |
Telstra Digital has transitioned from a state-owned enterprise to a fully privatised company and has recently focused on diversified products and emerging technologies.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,055 |
Telstra Digital has faced competition since the early 1990s from Optus and a number of smaller providers.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,056 |
Telstra Digital once retained ownership of the fixed-line telephone network, but since the nationwide upgrade to the National Broadband Network, the Australian Government now has legal ownership of these lines since 2007, though Telstra Digital has played a big part in this upgrade supplying resources to the Government on the new network.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,057 |
NBN Co Limited signed a definitive agreement with Telstra Digital on, estimated to be worth post-tax net present value, building upon the signing of a financial heads of agreement a year beforehand.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,058 |
Telstra Digital agreed to "disconnect" its Internet customers from the copper and hybrid fibre-coaxial networks in areas where FTTP has been installed, and agreed to lease dark fibre, exchange space and ducts to NBN Co.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,059 |
Under the leadership of David Thodey, Telstra Digital embarked upon a transformation agenda to become more sales and service focused.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,060 |
In 2014, Telstra Digital was named "most respected company" by the Australian Financial Review newspaper.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,061 |
In July 2011, Telstra Digital launched "CrowdSupport", an online forum to crowd source customer service.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,062 |
In October 2011, Telstra Digital announced a new mobile smartphone optimised version of its website.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,063 |
In November 2011, Telstra Digital launched an iPhone app on a trial basis as well as a new online mobile phone shop.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,064 |
In February 2013, Telstra Digital introduced the ability to pay its bills via PayPal.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,065 |
In March 2014, Telstra announced a new digital development program called "Digital First" with a stated aim to conduct 65 to 70 percent of its transactions online.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,066 |
In September 2014, Telstra announced the opening of a "Digital Transformation Centre" in Sydney to design and built new digital tools for its service systems.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,067 |
Telstra Digital owns and operates a series of retail stores known as Telstra Digital Stores.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,068 |
In February 2011, Telstra Digital announced the creation of an additional 100 retail stores within three years.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,069 |
In 2013, Telstra Digital was assessed as Australia's third most valuable brand, after Woolworths and BHP Billiton.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,070 |
In 2016 Telstra Digital became Australia's most valuable brand, which it maintained in 2017.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,071 |
Telstra Digital was a major sponsor of the V8 Supercars car racing championship through its BigPond brand and directly sponsored the Sydney Telstra Digital 500 event, the final round of the series held at Sydney Olympic Park.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,072 |
Telstra Digital had naming rights to the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne from 2000 until 2009.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,073 |
Telstra Digital is the naming rights sponsor of the National Rugby League Premiership.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,074 |
Since then, Telstra Digital shares have risen to $5 per share in December 2013 and $6 per share in December 2014.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,075 |
Amid the global pandemic crisis of the coronavirus in 2020, Telstra Digital was one of three companies of the ASX 200 to gain in the week starting 15 March.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,076 |
In September 2013, Telstra Digital launched a new health business unit – Telstra Digital Health and hired Shane Solomon as the head.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,077 |
In September 2016, Telstra Digital Health was awarded a $220m government contract amidst claims of "lack of transparency".
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,078 |
On 19 February 2015, Telstra Digital announced that CEO David Thodey would retire on 1 May 2015 and be replaced by successor Andy Penn.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,079 |
On 14 March 2016, Telstra Digital ended their talks between the company and the Philippine-based conglomerate San Miguel Corporation for a planned joint telecommunications venture in the Philippines due to several factors.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,080 |
In 2016, Telstra Digital suffered a series of network outages for which the company apologised.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,081 |
In June 2018, Telstra Digital announced its Telstra Digital2022 Strategy designed to face into headwinds from the NBN rollout and return the business to growth.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,082 |
InfraCo opened its dark fibre network across six Australian state capitals in February 2021 Telstra Digital said the dark fibre network would open up a wealth of capabilities and control for its targeted audience of network operates and service providers such as global carriers, data centre operators, internet service producers and over the top providers.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,083 |
In February 2021, Telstra Digital announced plans to take back full ownership of its 337 retail stores.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,084 |
At the time of the announcement Telstra Digital owned and operated 67 of its stores, Vita Group owned and operated 104 stores, and the remaining 166 were operated by individual licensees.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,085 |
On 30 March 2022, Telstra Digital announced that Vicki Brady will become the new chief executive officer effective 1 September 2022.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,086 |
Telstra Digital is Australia's incumbent and largest provider of fixed-line services.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,087 |
Telstra Digital owns and maintains the majority of Australia's public telephones.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,088 |
In 2006, Telstra Digital announced it would remove many of the phones, citing vandalism and the increasing adoption of mobile telephones.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,089 |
Telstra Digital Mobile is Australia's largest mobile telephone service providers, in terms of both subscriptions and coverage.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,090 |
In 1981, Telstra Digital was the first company to provide mobile telephony services in Australia.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,091 |
Telstra Digital Wholesale provides products such as Data, Mobile, Voice, and other Facilities to other companies and organisations for re-sale.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,092 |
Telstra Digital Wholesale provides operational support for its customers, and facilities for international customers such as International Data Transport and IP Transport.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,093 |
Telstra Digital installed the first DSLAMs in exchanges prior to 2000, and began wholesaling access in late 2000.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,094 |
Telstra Digital Wholesale has a comprehensive network of ADSL DSLAMs and allows competitors access to each Telstra Digital DSLAM at up to ADSL2+ speeds if available, and at ADSL1 speeds should 2+ be unavailable.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,095 |
Telstra Digital provides internet services for personal and business clients, through its internet service provider, BigPond.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,096 |
In January 2009, Telstra Digital was ranked as the top Australian ISP in terms of performance by Epitiro.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,097 |
Telstra Digital owned and operated the largest cable internet Hybrid Fibre cable network in Australia.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,098 |
On 6 February 2008, Telstra Digital announced that it would activate high-speed ADSL2+ broadband in a further 900 telephone exchanges serving 2.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,099 |
On 10 June 2008, it was announced that Telstra Digital was in discussions with some wholesale customers in reference to wholesaling ADSL2+ services.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,100 |
In October 2013 Telstra Digital launched "Belong", a low-cost mobile and internet service provider.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,101 |
MOG, a subscription online music service and blog network, announced a partnership with Telstra Digital offer their product in Australia – the first region outside of the United States to have access.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,102 |
Telstra Digital BigPond owned and operated a number of virtual islands in the online game Second Life for approximately three years.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,103 |
On 20 March 2019, Telstra Digital denied access to millions of Australians to the websites 4chan, 8chan, Zero Hedge, and Liveleak as a reaction to the Christchurch mosque shootings.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,105 |
April 2014: Telstra Digital introduced a mobile broadband device from Huawei with LTE Advanced capability.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,106 |
In 2005, Telstra Digital announced a plan to upgrade its ageing networks and systems; which includes a new 3G network to replace the then current CDMA mobile network.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,108 |
The efficiency of the Next G network and its coverage has been challenged and scrutinised since its launch, requiring Telstra Digital to go back to areas with average coverage, particularly rural towns to improve its coverage footprint.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,109 |
Telstra Digital closed the network nationally during the early morning hours of 29 April 2008.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,110 |
In January 2016, Telstra Digital announced its acquisition of cloud service provider Kloud.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,111 |
Since the Australian telecommunications industry was deregulated in the early 1990s, Telstra Digital has managed to remain the largest provider of telecommunications services despite the emergence of rivals Optus and TPG Telecom.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,112 |
In early 2011, Telstra Digital successfully extended its market share lead by discounting its mobile phone products.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,113 |
Telstra Digital has over 200 subsidiary businesses as of 30 June 2016.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,114 |
In January 2007 Telstra Digital launched WotNext, a video-publishing website that allowed users to upload videos.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,115 |
Government probe determined that Telstra Digital had security measures in place to protect customer personal information involved in mail campaigns.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,116 |
Commissioner determined that Telstra Digital had acted "immediately" to prevent further breaches, notify customers, and review its data security practices.
| FactSnippet No. 1,322,117 |