Telstra in The Pandemic
Telstra in The Pandemic
Telstra in The Pandemic
Management
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Executive Summary
and how this attributes to the organization's current position. Further, the report looks
at the financial performance of the organization and the stakeholder’s perspective given
this performance. The report deduces further the stakeholder’s priorities and
commitments for the organization given future industry projection and medium-term
financial data of the organization shows a reduction in the organization’s revenue and
countering this huge threat to the organization, Telstra through a resolution of its
stakeholders will continue to complete the digitization of its services through the full
implementation of the NBN network. Additionally, the company will pay more
attention to building competencies and skills to adopt the 5G network, which is touted
PESTEL Analysis...........................................................................................................5
Political.......................................................................................................................5
Economical.................................................................................................................5
Social..........................................................................................................................5
Technological.............................................................................................................5
Environmental............................................................................................................6
Legal...........................................................................................................................6
Conclusion....................................................................................................................13
References....................................................................................................................14
market. The market has been growing steadily and will continue to do so over the
coming years. Industry reports and statistics define the telecommunications market in
Australia at two levels. The major providers in this market and the first segment is
composed of Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, and the second segment or the second-tier
market providers include Vocus-M2, TPG and Macquarie Telecom. Telstra is, as of
market in Australia. In 2020, the company was providing an estimated 18.3 million
mobile services1.4 million retail fixed standalone voice services and a further 3.7
million retail fixed bundles and standalone data services (Fernyhough, 2019). The
company’s purpose is in providing a connected future so that everyone can thrive in it.
Telstra prides itself in having the nation’s fastest and largest national mobile network.
A common feature across the Australia telecommunication market is that growth across
the industry today is driven by mobile broadband and Fibre-to-the Node (FttN)
(Yigitcanlar and Han, 2012). At the same time, fixed-line telephony traffic and revenue
services and products in Australia, the ratio of the telecommunications sector revenue
to GDP is declining from a peak in 2000 to an all-time low in 2019. Market growth is,
however, expected to resume growth in late 2022 according to industry predictions, and
NBN.
PESTEL Analysis
Political
Political winds in Australia at the moment seem to indicate that the government
wants more openness every single day in the industry. This will have the effect of
reducing entry barriers for other players, and as a result, this will increase competition
for Telstra.
Economical
The price of commodity prices in Australia and New Zealand has been falling
due to a subdued GDP growth. Lower generation of income and especially given the
Social
and this is driving the adoption of telecom services for Telstra up.
Technological
footprint, and Telstra is no different as they look into the possibility of battery storage
Legal
technologically savvy to enter and challenge Telstra in the telecom market. This threat
is considerable as new entrants are not burdened by legacy technology like the copper
earnings.
Telstra’s buyers are very demanding. Never before has the demand for quality
at such low prices been experienced. As a result of this demand, Telstra has to improve
At the present moment, the number of providers of services that can meet a
customer needs differently is increasing. This represents a huge threat for Telstra, and
the company has to match the quality and technology of substitute products to maintain
Rivalry among existing players has the effect of driving down prices and
decreasing the overall profitability in the industry. The market is now quite
competitive, and over the years, it has been taking the toll on the organization's
There are several factors that influence the success of telecom organizations in
subscribers, traffic and connection times. Telstra has a lead on all these
categories.
vendors can today meet customer demands in different ways, and therefore
competition.
regarded as a factor of production. Market players with the best and most
recent technology can provide the most dynamic and robust services to the
Beginning the year 2000, the need for high-speed internet that could deliver
Australia and across the world. This demand was in the background precipitated by the
falling prices of powerful smartphones and other handheld devices that allowed their
users to consume massive amounts of content, both audio and visual on the go
the penetration of brands like Apple’s iPhone meant that Telstra had to engineer a
quantum leap in their technology services. This tipping point in consumer demand
heralded the start transition from the legacy copper-based telecommunication network
to one that was based on the Nation Broadband Network broadband and Fibre-to-the
Internally, Telstra’s efforts to transition all its legacy operations to the NBN has
been the mainstay of its strategic resource investment. Telstra is at the moment
experiencing intensive competition from new market entrants, and some of the entrants
do not have the burden of legacy networks that need upgrading like Telstra, and this
gives them an edge over the Telstra (Bradford, Cooper, and Gordon, 2010).
Consequently, the new entrants are offering dynamic, robust and flexible services to
the market that meets the needs of Telstra consumers in a better and different way. As a
result, Telstra must continue investing in the state of that art NBN that will
revolutionize its legacy services to digital services that can match its competitor
services.
The NBN will expand mobile coverage and shift demand toward the wireless
telecommunication services for Telstra customers. This new market is also going to
become a new revenue driver for Telstra, which has been initiating efforts to diversify
99.3% of its customers and full coverage under the 4G network will allow the provider
to enjoy even better economies of scale while maintaining a strong position in the
market (Bradford, Cooper, and Gordon, 2010). Needless, if Telstra is to position itself
as a highly differentiated market player, it must continue to invest in resources that are
the moment for Telstra is represented by its forays in the 5G network investment. A 5G
resource-based view investment for the organization as it will give it capabilities for
the much-anticipated Internet of Things which is touted as the future market for the
telecommunication industry.
Telstra's oversight and the strategic board has set a direction for the
organization for the next decade in terms of strategy and business organization. This
direction encompasses the entire organization and is the result of deliberate planning
and emergent issues in the business environment as projected to happen in the coming
years. In line with this, Telstra announced a four-pillar strategy for the year 2019 to
10 percent
These strategies explain Telstra’s priorities for business and strategy for the period
ending 2022.
Consolidated and audited financial statements for Telstra over the last five
years 2019 to 2015 in millions of Australia dollars indicate a profit of 2,149; 3,557;
3,874; 3,832 and 4,114 consecutively (Telstra - Financial results - Investors, 2020).
The declared dividends for the company per share of the same period have been on a
downward trend 2019 to 2015 as follows 16.0; 22.0; 31.0; 31.0 and 30.5 (Telstra -
Financial results - Investors, 2020). Given these financial results and data, one can
easily see that Telstra has faced hard economic and financial times over the last half
decade. Growth in business revenue and dividends declared to shareholders has been
going down steadily over the years. The net debt and liabilities owed by the company
to its suppliers over the five years period have increased over the years as represented
by the figures following from 2019 to 2015 respectively 14,727; 14,739; 15,280;
The five-year period earnings for Telstra have indicated a common and easily
identifiable trend which is marked by reducing revenues, increasing debt and smaller
and smaller dividends towards shareholders. The overall financial performance for the
and retail investors owns and control Telstra today. The market capitalization of the
organization is today AU$34b, and of this number, institutional investors own the
owned by insiders.
there can only be one reasonable explanation for this kind of performance. Telstra is
led to dwindling profit and revenue in the Australian telecom market (Smith, 2017).
Some of these decisions have included a decision by the competition authority to cut
the amount that telcos can charge for Mobile Terminating Access Services (MTAS) as
well as charges for ADSL services known as Final Access Determinations for much of
market share with a subscriber base of over 18.3 million mobile services1.4 million
retail fixed standalone voice services and a further 3.7 million retail fixed bundles and
provider, this customer base represents people across the socioeconomic strata of
Australian society. As Telstra adopts more and more digital services, the millennial
population is becoming one of the mainstay populations that subscribe to the customer
base (Alizadeh and Farid, 2017). Expatriate populations in Australia who are also on
the rise seem to favour Telstra over its peers, and this is also likely to continue
experiencing growth.
in the years 2019 to 2022. As per this strategy, Telstra will concentrate on achieving
improvement of the quality experience of its customers and extending its "network
superiority and 5G leadership. For the stakeholders to continue supporting the strategy
through the medium term, a return on investment of the NBN investment is critically
important (Alizadeh and Farid, 2017). In future, the stakeholders want to ensure that
Telstra attains superior 5G capabilities over its industry peers because this will be one
Conclusion
and subscriber base. Over the years, a more liberal and open market has increased
market entrants, that are posing more competition for Telstra. Over the years, Telstra
has relied on a legacy copper-based network infrastructure and has only been
and modern NBN network has led to declining revenue and dividends for Telstra’s
shareholders in the last five years. The combined massive initial investment and
increasing competition are to blame for the organization’s financial woes in the last
half decade. Since 2019, the organization's shareholders have agreed on a four-point
strategy in the medium term ending 2022 that will ensure that Telstra organization
for the medium term are cognizant of the external environment and the issues facing
digitization strategy for Telstra will be the panacea for the organization’s future market
competition and success. Unless the organization gives consideration to developing and
building capacity in these fronts, it will continue to experience dwindling revenue and
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