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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date: For the period ending 29 November 2002

TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED

ACN 051 775 556

242 Exhibition Street

Melbourne Victoria 3000

Australia

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F X Form 40-F  

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2 December 2002
339/2002

Telstra launches Australia's first 3G wireless service

Telstra today launched Australia's first fully operational third generation (3G) mobile service for business customers, which is faster, more powerful and feature rich than anything they would have experienced before.

Telstra Mobile Group Managing Director, Mr David Thodey said Telstra has trialed the service with 29 businesses in Melbourne and regional Victoria and found the major benefit for customers was the ability to quickly access important information in the field.

"The service is unlike any wireless experience in Australia today and will allow companies to mobilise their offices, improve productivity and potentially save money using secure mobile devices," said Mr Thodey.

Mobile users in several counties including Korea, Japan, Canada, New Zealand and the US are already experiencing the benefits of this new generation of mobile devices and applications over similar high-speed networks, providing Telstra with valuable benchmarks.

Initially, this new generation service will allow Telstra business customers in selected regional and metropolitan locations to use CDMA 1X compatible-devices to check corporate e-mail and browse Intranets and Internet at speeds almost comparable to a desktop computer.

"Medical staff at a Victorian hospital who have trialed the service to access X-Rays, radiology, patient history and diagnosis via a wireless laptop or personal digital assistant (PDA) said they found they could save up to one hour per day," Mr Thodey said.

"Similarly, a Wellington Shire Council field officer eliminated the hassle of returning to his office to perform basic duties such as animal registrations, property mapping and registering dog complaints and parking infringements."

Mr Thodey said wireless data services are now available to business customers in Greater Sydney (including Newcastle, Central Coast and Wollongong), greater Melbourne (including Geelong, Lorne and along the Mornington Peninsula) and Sale in the Gippsland region of Victoria.

Telstra plans to expand the network to Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Canberra. In addition, further customer trials will be conducted, including a regional trial in Roma in southwest Queensland, to establish the demand for expanded regional and metropolitan services and consumer applications.

"Telstra is committed to evolutionary progress with third generation wireless services based entirely around customer experiences and demand," Mr Thodey said.

CDMA 1xrtt is provided by upgrading digital CDMA base stations and is the next phase in Telstra's wireless data strategy moving towards third generation (3G) wireless data solutions. It provides virtually constant connection within a CDMA 1x coverage area and enables users to experience maximum data download speeds of up to 72 kbps and up to 144 kbps, depending on the plan chosen.

Media inquiries:

Chris Newlan
External Affairs Manager, Corporate Relations
Telstra Mobile
Tel: 02 8293 8992 or 0427 263 851
Email: chris.newlan@team.telstra.com



19 December 2002

TELSTRA ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT BALLOT RESULTS

After a two week ballot process, the following Telstra Enterprise Agreements (EAs) have received majority approval from staff:

  • Corporate Group
  • Mobile
  • Network and Technology Group
  • Retail
  • Wholesale

Telstra will immediately apply for the certification of these EAs in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) and deliver the salary increase to staff covered by these EAs. It is anticipated the hearing for certification will take place tomorrow, 20 December and that certification will be completed the same day.

The first of five 2 percent salary increases (one every six months) will be delivered in the first full pay period after certification (the first full pay period commences 02 January 2003).

The sixth proposed EA, the Infrastructure Services EA, failed to receive a majority YES vote. As a result, Telstra will be unable to apply to certify this Agreement and staff in Infrastructure Services covered by the 2000-2002 EA will not receive the EA salary increase. The 2000-2002 EA will continue to apply to these staff.



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED
/s/ DOUGLAS GRATION
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Douglas Gration
Title: Company Secretary
Date: 31 January 2003