Sol Trujillo
News and interviews on Sol Trujillo including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Telstra to float Chinese real estate website as retail fashion group prepares for IPOWednesday, 02 December 2009
Telstra has announced it plans to float its half-owned Chinese real estate website in 2010 and could be in line for a big profit on the deal. ...
Winning the iPhone war: Bartholomeusz
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Eighteen months ago it looked like growth in the mobile telephony sector was plateauing and that over-capacity in the sector would drain profitability from four big operators. Then along came the smart phones, and Apple's iPhone in particular, and growth exploded. ...
Productivity Commission draft clamps down on executive salaries
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Company executives and key management personnel should face regulations that would give shareholders power to reject a board if a remuneration policy is voted against at two successive meetings, the Productivity Commission has recommended. ...
Behind its cooperative exterior, Telstra is not impressed: Kohler
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
By all accounts, the Telstra brains trust is now studying the scripts of Yes, Minister for guidance. ...
Why Sol Trujillo should be sued for stuffing up Telstra: Kohler
Thursday, 17 September 2009
The story of how Telstra lost its network is one of hubris and bungling, of misreading the play in Australia by men from the US who thought they knew everything already. Shareholders should never forget this. ...
Telco companies agree to stop misleading advertising
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Australia's three biggest telephone companies have reached an agreement with the ACCC to end misleading advertising practices such as the failure to disclose fees and the use of misleading terms such as "free" and "no exceptions". ...
Telstra kills off corporate blog
Tuesday, 08 September 2009
Telstra will kill its infamous PR website nowwearetalking.com.au in an effort to wipe away the remains of the corporate image formed by former CEO Sol Trujillo. ...
Company directors must heed the lessons of the Hardie case: Gottliebsen
Friday, 21 August 2009
One of Australia's corporate heroes, Peter Willcox, has had his business life cut short by his James Hardie conviction. However, as I will describe below, what happened to the Hardie people is also a warning to all of those in public life - and it goes way ...
iPhone delivers the goods for Optus and Telstra profit jumps 10%
Thursday, 13 August 2009
SingTel announced yesterday that Australian subsidiary Optus recorded a 12% increase in revenue during 2008-09 due to a major gain in the number of mobile customers. ...
How Mike Quigley overcame cancer and career setbacks to become NBN chief executive
Monday, 03 August 2009
When ZDNet.com.au asked people behind the scenes in the telco industry this week what sort of person NBN Company executive chairman Mike Quigley really was, it was one disappointment during his career that was commonly mentioned. ...
More evidence of great Australian broadband rip-off
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Australian broadband services are the third most expensive among OECD countries, and users are charged the most in the world for downloads after being capped, the organisation's Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry said in a new report. ...
Shares surge on Wall Street lead, American Express cuts 4000 jobs, Sol Trujillo leaves early: Economy roundup
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
The Australian sharemarket has opened 1.9% higher after positive results from Wall Street, and comments from RBA Governor Glenn Stevens about the state of the economy. ...
Telstra names new CEO, chairman steps down
Friday, 08 May 2009
Donald McGauchie has resigned as chairman of Telstra, just hours after the company announced that top executive David Thodey would replace Sol Trujillo as chief executive. ...
Telstra must be split up and the chairman must leave: Kohler
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
As predicted last month, none of the bids for the national broadband network was up to scratch, so the expert panel chucked them all out. ...
Government payments start flowing, inflation tipped to fall, shares gain ground: Economy roundup
Monday, 06 April 2009
The Government will start rolling out payments of up to $900 to taxpayers as part of its $42 billion stimulus package, but the message from officials is; be patient. ...
Remuneration rumblings
Monday, 23 March 2009
I have acted as a CEO in turnaround situations many times. And let me tell you - the argument put forward by those who would justify the grotesque amounts paid particularly (but not exclusively) to CEOs is baloney. ...
Telstra's troubles continue to mount: Kohler
Friday, 20 March 2009
Last Friday, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy announced to the national media that the national broadband network was not a dead parrot, countering my suggestion earlier that week that it had kicked the bucket, had ceased to be and was pushing up daisies, ...
Shares rise strongly, ANZ cuts 500 jobs: Economy roundup
Friday, 13 March 2009
Local shares have surged more than 3% today after another good night on Wall Street. ...
The 10 next trends in mobile
Thursday, 12 March 2009
As the world's technology companies brace for the toughest year since the dot-com crash, there is one bright spot on the horizon - mobile phones. ...
The national broadband network is dead: Kohler
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Telstra's decision to upgrade its cable definitely now means that the national broadband network won't get built. ...
