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• Kiwi David Thodey to head Telstra

  New Zealander David Thodey, Telstra's enterprise and government director, has been appointed CEO of Telstra to replace Sol Trujillo, according to a report in The Australian newspaper.

• Telstra simplifies mobile phone interface

  In a stark admission that most mobile phones are too hard to use, communications giant Telstra has released a simplified user interface for two of its NextG phones.

• Telstra loses last mile regulator race

  Telstra has lost its final appeal to impose a A$30 charge for competitors to access the last mile copper network in metropolitan areas.

• Telstra replaces Telecom in $1 billion CBA deal

  The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced Telstra is to be the beneficiary of a 10-year, up to $1 billion, managed service contract ahead of a planned telecommunications network upgrade aimed at creating a future-proof IT platform.

• E-tales: April 1 whoopsie

  April 1 whoopsie

• Xero to go on Telstra SaaS platform

  Xero has signed a deal with Telstra to have its online accounting software offered on Telstra's T-Suite platform.

• Fujitsu to buy Telstra IT division

  Telstra is selling its IT services subsidiary, Kaz, to Fujitsu for $A200 million (NZ$256 million).

• Finger print scanners latest weapon for NSW police

  The NSW government has spent more than $5 million issuing police with portable digital fingerprint scanners to stop criminals weaseling out of fines, arrest warrants, court appearances and breaches of bail.

• Telstra boss Trujillo resigns

  Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo has resigned and will leave the company at the end of June, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

• Telstra stays out of filtering trial

  Telstra, which operates Australia’s largest public internet service, Big Pond, says it will not participate in the Federal government’s trial of ISP-based internet filtering software.

• Conroy right to back panel's NBN call

  Although Stephen Conroy gains nothing by dropping Telstra from the bidding process for his broadband network he had little choice over the weekend but to call the company's bluff.

• Forum: Can NZ avoid Australia's broadband nightmare?

  New Zealand is a bit of a latecomer to the idea of a partially government-funded broadband rollout, at least compared with Australia.

• Telstra's IT transformation hits speedbumps

  The huge information technology overhaul which forms an integral part of its A$20 billion transformation programme is on track, Telstra said yesterday, despite predicting a A$200 million jump in capital spending on IT for its 2010 financial year.

• FryUp: Gag fail

  Cheers for the TUNAZ

• Customers ponder web-centric contact centre

  Representatives from Telstra and Westpac hailed the arrival of web integration into the call centre at Genesys Laboratories’ user conference in Melbourne this month, but stopped short of committing themselves to web integration in their own organisations.