Telstra has committed an additional $800 million in mobile network investment over the next four years, directing a larger share of its business-as-usual capex to its mobile infrastructure. The investment will support a network upgrade in partnership with Ericsson, incorporating Open RAN-ready hardware and 5G Advanced software.
SIGN UP TO READTelstra posted a solid financial performance for the first half of FY25, delivering a fourth consecutive year of first-half underlying growth, with total revenue reaching $11.7 billion, up 0.9%, reported EBITDA reaching $4.2 billion, up 6%, and net profit after tax rising 7.1% to $1.1 billion
SIGN UP TO READEXCLUSIVE: NBN is considering network-led fibre migrations in a strategy designed to move beyond the current demand-driven approach to connecting premises to FTTP.
SIGN UP TO READEXCLUSIVE: NBN Co is set to significantly increase its projected capital expenditure over the coming years, driven by its expanded fibre network upgrade program. The company announced last month that it would upgrade the remaining 622K fibre-to-the-node premises across Australia not already covered by Fibre Connect.
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