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CSL
• Premium spectrum position
• World’s first digital network to provide full
coverage in an underground railway system
• Extensive roaming coverage
• 1 million mobile customers
• More than 1,300 base stations
Reach
• Asia’s largest international carrier
of voice and data
• IDD Minutes 7.3 billion minutes
• IPLC Bandwidth 5.1 Gbps
• internet Bandwidth 3.0 Gbps
• Agreements/alliances with more than
230 international carriers
• More than 50 worldwide submarine
cables extending to over 160,000 km
• Four satellite earth stations,
35 antennae,
serving over 20 satellites
•Working closely with Telstra
OnAir in areas of Customer
Relationship Management,
data products and equipment
purchasing; and
•Mobile Number Portability
(MNP) was introduced to
Hong Kong several years ago.
The lessons learnt were
passed on by CSL to Telstra
OnAir in preparation for
introduction of MNP into
the Australian market in
September 2001.
RReeaacchh,,our voice, data and
internet traffic carrier (50%
owned by Telstra), is tapping
into the global demand for
bandwidth. Reach is a new
company whose strength lies in
connectivity. Through its points
of presence around the globe it
connects its customers. Already
it is Asia’s largest international
carrier of:
– combined voice;
– private line; and
– IP data services.
In the short time since
formation, Reach’s
achievements include:
•Integration of the former
Global Wholesale businesses
of Telstra and Hong Kong
Telecom (International) into
a cohesive unit;
•The realisation of synergies
and efficiencies principally
from more efficient network
usage and more effective
buying;
•Implementing additional
points of presence facilities;
and
•The introduction of a range
of new internet services.
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•Telstra Saturn, our New Zealand
joint venture with Austar, has
completed the Wellington-
Christchurch submarine cable.
•We continue with Vietnam
National Post and
Telecommunications to
expand and modernise
its international
telecommunications network.
•In Sri Lanka, through our
investment in Mobitel, we
have cemented our position
as one of the leading wireless
operators in Sri Lanka.
•In East Timor, we have
continued to support the
United Nations operation
and people of East Timor
by providing a range of
telecommunications services.
•We established the Australia
Japan Cable project to
provide a new undersea
communications highway,
further linking Australia to
the rapidly expanding internet
and data world. Telstra
holds 39.9% of the equity of
Australia Japan Cable Limited.