- CEO
- Vicki Maree Brady
- Full Time Employees
- 31,876
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Telecommunications Services
- Address
- 242 Exhibition Street Melbourne VIC Australia 3000
- IPO Date
- Nov 20, 1997
- Business
- Telstra Group Limited is Australia's largest telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets a comprehensive range of related products and services to consumers, small and medium-sized businesses, enterprises, government organizations, and international customers; its core offerings encompass fixed-line telephony including home phone, business and PSTN products; mobile services with approximately 22.5 million retail connections; broadband and NBN internet; enterprise solutions such as networks and internet connectivity, mobility, cloud platforms, security, unified communications, Internet of Things (IoT), AI and sustainability solutions; international telecommunication, media and technology services through its Digicel Pacific business in the South Pacific and Telstra International in regions including Asia-Pacific with interests in over 30 subsea cable systems; and infrastructure services via Telstra InfraCo including intercity fibre, network capacity and carrier products. Telstra operates primarily in Australia with an international presence spanning more than 30 countries; it is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with origins tracing back to the Postmaster-General’s Department established in 1901. The company maintains segment-specific operations through Telstra Consumer for individual and bundled data services; Telstra Business for small to medium enterprises; Telstra Enterprise Australia for advanced technology and telecommunication services; Telstra International; Networks, IT and Product including global networks, technology platforms and product development; and Telstra InfraCo for network-delivered products to carriers and service providers; it employs approximately 30,500 people. In recent developments, Telstra formalizes a $700 million seven-year joint venture with Accenture, signed in early 2025 with operations starting in April, featuring a 60-40 ownership split favoring Accenture to modernize data and AI platforms, enhance customer experience and operational efficiencies while reducing external AI vendors; it announces the Connected Future 30 strategy in May 2025 to transform its network into a programmable product leveraging AI-driven Telstra Autonomous Network for flexible connectivity, security and service attributes, backed by over $4 billion in infrastructure investments including 5G expansion to 91% population coverage and intercity fibre growth; Telstra InfraCo opens its first intercity fibre route; Amplitel, its cellular towers subsidiary formerly InfraCo Towers, builds 300 new sites with 400 under development and digitizes 90% of mobile sites; and Infosys announces a joint venture following its August 2025 acquisition of Telstra's Versent Group for A$233 million, retaining a 25% Telstra stake to support cloud transformation.