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Telstra Corporation Limited and controlled entities
Full year results and operations review - June 2008
Glossary
2GSM: Second generation global system for mobile communications - refers to the initial group of wireless technology standards
that were digital instead of analogue.
3GSM: Third generation global system for mobile communications - is the evolution of the previous GSM technology to support
voice, high-speed data and multimedia services.
3GSM 850Mhz: Third generation mobile technology operating on the 850Mhz spectrum.
ACCC: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
ADSL: Asymmetric digital subscriber line - high-speed broadband technology that provides access to the internet. It allows
high-speed data to be carried over copper network phone lines.
ADSL 2+: Asymmetric digital subscriber line 2 plus - our upgraded national high-speed broadband network offering improved fixed
line ADSL speeds.
A-IFRS: Australian equivalents of International Financial Reporting Standards.
ARPU: Average revenue per user.
BDSL: Business digital subscriber line - high-speed broadband data service.
CDMA: Code division multiple access - a mobile standard that provides voice, data, fax and short messaging services.
Churn: When subscribers move between telecommunication providers.
CPE: Customer premises equipment/environment - telephones or other service equipment physically located on the customer's
premises rather than on the provider's premises or in between.
CSLNW: CSL New World Group.
EBIT: Earnings before interest and tax. This is a measure of company profitability.
EBITDA: Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. This is a measure of company profitability.
FTE: Full time equivalent.
HDSL: High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line.
HFC: Hybrid fibre coaxial cable - broadband access architecture using optical fibre between exchanges and hubs in suburban
streets, and coaxial cables between the hubs and customers to carry FOXTEL† and BigPond® cable services.
HSDPA: High speed downlink packet access - this is an addition to the existing 3GSM network that supports high speed downlink
packet access.
IP: Internet protocol - a standard set of rules for the carriage of digital information such as voice, video, data and images, across a
global network.
IP core: The core element of a network that carries and logically splits voice, data and video using IP technology.
IPMAN: Internet protocol metro area network. A Telstra IP solution product providing a high-speed data networking solution that
offers a cost-effective means of interconnecting offices throughout Australia. IPMAN solutions provide customers with
'bandwidth-on-demand', the ability to dynamically change the data access capacity of their network from 2Mbps up to 1000Mbps
from their desk, via the Internet.
IPWAN: Internet protocol wideband area network. A Telstra IP solution product, providing Corporate Virtual Private Networks to
customers. IP WAN uses Telstra’s private network infrastructure to combine all of a company’s communications between sites
and mobiles.
ISDN: Integrated services digital network - a digital service providing switched and dedicated integrated access to voice, data and
video. An early form of digital technology, its use has been largely surpassed by ADSL.
MBM: Market-based management.
MTA: Mobile terminating access rate - as determined by the ACCC.
NBN: National Broadband Network.
Next G™: Telstra’s trade mark name for its 3G mobile network that operates on the 850Mhz spectrum. This third generation
network is technically known as ‘3GSM 850Mhz’.
Next IP™: Telstra’s trade mark name for the integrated national internet protocol network.