In 2006, T3 was announced by the government and was the largest of the three public releases, reducing the Government's ownership of Telstra to 17 %.

On 15 September 2009, the Australian Government announced new plans to structurally separate Telstra into two separate entities ; a retail and wholesale arm.

Early in 2010, Telstra announced the creation of a $ 1b " fighting fund " to be used in a concerted effort to win back market share in key product categories.

As part of its new strategy, Telstra announced that its " goal is for customer service to be fundamental to everything we do ".

On 18 July 2007, Telstra and O2 announced that they were dropping support for i-mode services.

However, it was announced that the hiptop service for Telstra customers would be discontinued on October 4, 2011.

In Australia, Telstra launched Fixthe country's first 4G network ( LTE ) in 2011 claiming " 2 – 40Mbps " speeds and announced an " aggressive " expansion of that network in 2012.

Moore announced his international retirement on 6 February 2008 after Australia's 3 – 0 win over Qatar in their first FIFA World Cup Qualifier at Telstra Dome.

In April 2012, MOG announced a partnership with Telstra to bring MOG to Australia, the first region outside of the US to have access.

Telstra reported an A $ 609 million loss and announced that it could not guarantee a delivery date.

On July 31, 2006, Telstra announced the following timetable for the shutdown of Austpac:

On April 14, 2007, Nintendo announced that over one thousand additional free hotspots had been added in a partnership with Telstra Wireless, providing access in selected hotels, airports, Starbucks cafes, and McDonald's restaurants.

* Colin Hay performed " Down Under " on an advert for Australian telephone company Telstra supporting the London 2012 Olympic Games.

In T1, the government sold one third of its shares in Telstra for A $ 14 billion and publicly listed the company on the Australian Stock Exchange.

In the past Telstra had naming rights to the Telstra Dome in Melbourne, but lost these rights to Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, on 1 March 2009.

While UMTS2100 is the most widely deployed UMTS band, some countries ' UMTS operators use the 850 MHz and / or 1900 MHz bands ( independently, meaning uplink and downlink are within the same band ), notably in the US by AT & T Mobility, New Zealand by Telecom New Zealand on the XT Mobile Network and in Australia by Telstra on the Next G network.

Telstra currently provides UMTS service on this network, and also on the 2100 MHz UMTS network, through a co-ownership of the owning and administrating company 3GIS.

In Australia it is also called ringer equivalence number and a maximum of 3 is allowed on any Telstra or Optus Line.

Telstra has payphones at almost every railway station, on some major streets and in some government buildings.

It was reported on 31 May 2012 that the Australian telecommunications company Telstra and WIN Television Network CEO, Bruce Gordon, are considering making a takeover bid for Nine Entertainment.

In the face of challenges due to debt, intense local telecoms competition and a struggling international joint venture Reach ( 50 / 50 owned by PCCW and Telstra ), PCCW was the worst-performing blue chip on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ( HKSE ) in 2002 and 2003.

The biggest stocks traded on the ASX, in terms of market capitalisation, include BHP Billiton, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, Telstra, Rio Tinto, National Australia Bank and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group.

Solberg won three rallies in all, though was severely affected by bad luck while challenging for wins at the end of the season, most notably on the Telstra Rally Australia, where he was forced to retire after striking a wayward kangaroo.

All versions of the Hiptop were developed in close partnership with T-Mobile, although carrier-specific features were either removed or added for each carrier, such as the addition of MMS for SunCom and Telstra hiptop 2 users, where the feature was not available on T-Mobile USA devices until the Sidekick LX in 2007.

It was first released on November 5, 2007, through Telstra in Australia.

His famous humiliation of the players by making them stay on the ground ( Telstra Dome ) highlighted the worsening relation between the coach, players and club supporters.

* eNitiatives ViewDS Directory Server: ViewDS was originally developed by Telstra Research Laboratories in Clayton Victoria Australia ( previously Telecom Australia ) as an X. 500 Directory server known as View500 to run on line White & Yellow Pages services.

As Telstra and Optus could not agree on terms for a joint broadband cable roll out, they laid two competing cable networks, in addition to Telstra's existing copper network, at a combined cost estimated of over A $ 6bn.

Whilst Telstra focused on creating a broadband network specifically for broadcast, Optus designed their cable network to provide telephony services in addition to broadcast television.

* V8 Supercars have raced on a track located within the precinct in the Sydney Telstra 500 in 2009 and 2010 as a round of the V8 Supercar Championship.

Joe Hockey in a press conference on the ground at Telstra Dome, Melbourne.

Their focus is primarily on ADSL-based Internet access, using their own ADSL2 + infrastructure, and reselling Telstra ADSL1.

* October 1 at Telstra Stadium, Sydney – 2006 NRL premiership culminates in the Brisbane Broncos ' 15 – 8 win over the Melbourne Storm in the Grand Final before 79, 609

* Telstra ( formerly Telecom Australia )-operated an AMPS network in Australia from February 1987 until the end of 2000.

Adelaide United played at the Telstra Dome in the Grand Final on 18 February 2007 losing 6 – 0 whilst playing most of the game with only 10 men after captain Ross Aloisi was sent off for his second bookable offense.

* February 2001: PCCW sells 60 % of CSL to Telstra for $ 3. 05 billion, in a joint venture called " Regional Wireless Company " ( RWC ).

Melbourne faced Adelaide in the A-League Grand Final at the Telstra Dome on 18 February, winning the match 6-0 with Archie Thompson scoring an incredible five goals.

On 12 July 2011 the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner ( OAIC ) released the findings of its investigation into a mailing list error by Telstra Corporation Limited ( Telstra ) which resulted in approximately 60, 300 Telstra customers ’ personal information being sent to other customers.

In Australia, the Telstra hiptop service was continued to be offered for existing customers after May 31, 2011 when the T-Mobile USA Sidekick service was shut down.

Since the Telstra Hiptop service was discontinued in October 4, 2011, there are no longer any carriers worldwide offering any form of Danger data service.

In June 2011 two Australian ISPs, Telstra and Optus, confirmed they would voluntary block access to a list of child abuse websites provided by the Australian Communications and Media Authority and more websites on a list compiled by unnamed international organisations from mid-year.