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TELSTRA GROUP LIMITED Interim / Quarterly Report 2005

Apr 19, 2005

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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20 April 2005

The Manager

Company Announcements Office Australian Stock Exchange 4th Floor, 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

Office of the Company Secretary

Level 41 242 Exhibition Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 AUSTRALIA

Telephone 03 9634 6400 Facsimile 03 9632 3215

ELECTRONIC LODGEMENT

Dear Sir or Madam

Telstra Corporation Limited 04/05 Third Quarter Market Update

In accordance with the listing rules, I attach an announcement for release to the market.

The CEO and CFO have pre-recorded their comments on the 3rd Quarter revenue performance. This commentary will be available on Telstra's Corporate Communications Centre and can be access via the following URL http://www.telstra.com.au/communications/calendar/calendarevent.cfm?ObjectID=8 $01$

Yours sincerely

North brake

Douglas Gration Company Secretary

Telstra Corporation Limited ACN 051 775 556 ABN 33 051 775 556

Telstra Corporation Limited 04/05 Third Quarter Market Update

Continuing solid revenue growth

Highlights for the third quarter and the nine-month period to 31 March 2005

  • Reported sales revenue grew by 6.5% in the third quarter and 7.4% to \$16.6 billion year to date s
  • Underlying sales revenue grew by 3.3% in the third quarter and 4.3% to \$16.1 billion year to date ÷
  • Underlying domestic sales revenue growth of 2.8% in the third quarter and 4.0% to \$15 billion year to $\bullet$ date
  • Internet & IP Solutions revenue grew by 38% in the third quarter and 35% or \$251 million year to date s
  • Mobiles revenue grew by 7.6% in the third quarter and 8.3% or \$238 million year to date ×
  • Underlying advertising and directories revenue grew by 15% in the third quarter and 8.3% or \$83 $#$ million year to date
  • A total of 246,000 broadband subscribers (retail and wholesale) were added in the third quarter
  • Total mobile subscribers reached 8.1 million, an increase of 76,000 in the third quarter

Telstra Corporation Limited 04/05 Third Quarter Market Update

Overview

Quarter ended 31 March 2005:

Reported total revenue increased by 7.6% or \$391 million to \$5,521 million, which included increased revenue of \$155 million generated by recently acquired entities and \$87 million from investment and property sales. Reported sales revenue increased by 6.5% or \$326 million to \$5,340 million.

Underlying1 total revenue increased by 2.8% or \$141 million to \$5,208 million. Underlying1 sales revenue increased by 3.3% or \$163 million to \$5,169 million due to growth in broadband, mobiles, pay TV bundling, advertising and directories, and offshore business activities offset by a decline in PSTN calling products as migration to other products occurs. Underlying1 domestic sales revenue increased by 2.8% or \$132 million to \$4,785 million.

The third quarter results include the impact of an early Easter in 2004/05 and a leap year in 2003/04 resulting in 3 less working days than the prior corresponding period.

Nine months ended 31 March 2005:

Reported total revenue increased by 5.9% or \$947 million to \$16,903 million which included increased revenue of \$485 million generated by recently acquired entities and a decline in revenue from investment and property sales of \$108 million. Reported sales revenue increased by 7.4% or \$1,145 million to \$16,615 million.

Underlying1 total revenue increased by 3.6% or \$570 million to \$16,242 million. Underlying1 sales revenue increased by 4.3% or \$660 million to \$16,122 million due to growth in broadband, mobiles, pay TV bundling, advertising and directories, offshore business activities and other sales & service offset by a decline in PSTN calling products as migration to other products occurs. Underlying1 domestic sales revenue increased by 4.0% or \$569 million to \$14,961 million.

The following details the Telstra group revenue result for the quarter ended 31 March 2005.

Footnotes:

All percentages relate to growth on prior corresponding period (PCP)

All statistical data represents management's best estimates and excludes all Telstra internal usage statistics

Underlying results are produced to allow like for like comparison by removing those items that are: not of a comparable nature owing to structural changes to the business
such as acquisitions; significant and non recurring $(1)$ Underlying numbers exclude proceeds from property and investment sales and revenues from the acquisitions of Trading Post, KAZ Group, PSINet Group, Damovo and Universal Publishers

04/05 Third Quarter Market Update 20 April 2005

Mobiles

Total mobiles revenue, including wholesale mobiles, grew by 7.6% or \$71 million for the quarter, with growth of 8.3% or \$238 million for the nine months ended 31 March 2005.

Mobile services revenue increased by 7.6% or \$65 million for the quarter. Growth of 8.5% or \$220 million was achieved for the nine months. Increases for the quarter were comprised of access fees and call revenues of \$21 million, value added services of \$41 million and wholesale services of \$3 million.

Access fees and call revenue growth of 3.3% or \$21 million for the quarter, due to the increase in mobile services in operation of 12% to 8.1 million and increases in mobile voice minutes of 5.6%. Yields have declined due to the impact of promotions such as FreeChat, FlatChat, Free24/7, 18 cents per 5 minutes and capped plans which is reflective of the competitive mobiles environment. These initiatives have impacted the yield for both prepaid and postpaid products. The increases for the quarter were attributable to:

  • Growth in prepaid revenues of 2.9% or \$3 million reflecting a 27% increase in the prepaid services base and an increase in calling minutes of 12%. The reduction in yield is attributable to the increased usage of discounts, which are provided in the form of bonus options that are taken up by the customer on Telstra Prepaid Plus such as 1c per minute and double recharge. In addition, the third quarter saw lower than average additions to prepaid services from lower activations and higher deactivations as the variety of consumer offers increased and competition intensified.
  • Growth in postpaid revenues of 3.2% or \$18 million due to the growth in postpaid services of 3.5% and postpaid calling minutes of 4.9% offset by yield reductions due to the above mentioned chat promotions.

Increase in value added services for the quarter was achieved by:

  • Growth in mobile data revenue of 15% or \$17 million, attributable to:
  • Short Message Service (SMS) growth of 8.0% or \$8.3 million as the number of messages grew by 14% to 567 million. Yield reductions resulted from increased discounting initiatives such as Telstra Rewards and Bonus Options which provide free text and picture messages or 15c text messages;
  • Other mobile data growth of 79% or \$9.0 million due to growth in General Packet Radio Service 玂 (GPRS) usage including Telstra wireless access protocols (WAP). Data transmission volumes have increased as GPRS phones and hand held computers such as the Blackberry continue to grow momentum in the corporate segment.
  • 45 International roaming revenue growth of 53% or \$21 million for the quarter due to increase in inbound roaming pricing and increased inbound activity due to the continuing growth in international travel.
  • æ Messagebank revenue increased by 6.7% or \$3 million.

Mobile handset revenue achieved growth of 7.6% or \$6 million with 6.8% or \$18 million for the nine months ended 31 March 2005. Growth for the quarter was attributable to the increased sales of prepaid phones driven by the growth in the number of prepaid customers.

Internet and IP

Internet and IP solutions revenue grew by 38% for the quarter driven by a \$76 million increase in broadband revenue. For the nine months ended 31 March 2005 revenue grew by 35% or \$251 million.

  • BigPond $^{\text{TM}}$ broadband revenue grew by \$44 million for the guarter due to a 112% increase in subscribers across ADSL and cable. The growth of this product is attributable to increased internet usage, self install kits and successful broadband marketing campaigns which included new pricing plans. Business DSL has also contributed to the revenue growth with large contract wins and migration to the newer technology. For the nine month period revenue has increased by 64% or \$125 million.
  • Wholesale broadband revenue increased by \$32 million for the quarter. Wholesale DSL Layer 2 revenue grew by \$39 million due to a 240% increase in SIOs offset by reduced yields resulting from competitive pricing pressures. Flexstream revenue declined due to decreased SIOs as customers migrate to other data products and significant yield reductions aimed at customer retention. Wholesale broadband revenue grew by 79% or \$78 million for the nine month period.
  • Narrowband revenue, representing dial-up internet, has declined by \$7 million despite negligible movement in SIOs. This is due to significant price competition in the market and the migration of high yield users to broadband services. For the nine month period dial-up internet revenue has decreased by 4.1%.
  • IP solutions revenue grew by \$16 million for the quarter due to increased IP MAN/Ethernet revenue from major contract wins and extension of coverage on existing services in the government sector. IP WAN revenue also improved due to major network expansions for large corporate contracts as customers migrate from older product technologies such as frame relay and ISDN. IP Solutions revenue has increased by 36% or \$39 million for the nine month period.

PSTN Products

PSTN products revenue has decreased by 4.8% to \$1,873 million for the quarter. For the nine months ended 31 March 2005 PSTN products revenue has decreased by 2.8% to \$5,845 million. The increase in basic access revenue from the continued impact of rebalancing initiatives has been offset by a decline in basic access lines and volume reductions across the calling products. Calling product volumes were impacted by the timing of the Easter holiday period.

  • Basic access revenues grew by 4.5% to \$831 million for the quarter due to a price increase in June 2004 as part of the rebalancing initiatives offset by a decline in the number of basic access lines due to competition and migration to other products such as ISDN, broadband and mobiles. For the nine month period basic access revenues grew by 5.2% or \$126 million.
  • Local call revenue has decreased by 18% for the quarter reflecting a 12% reduction in the number of calls due to product substitution to mobiles, fixed to mobiles, internet and ISDN products. Yield has declined by 7% due to competitive prices across all market segments and package discounts offered in the consumer market. Consumer churn to wholesale has also contributed to a lower yield. Local call revenue has declined by 14% for the nine months ended 31 March 2005.
  • National long distance revenue decreased by 12% for the quarter attributable to an 11% reduction in call minutes due to shorter call durations and product substitution to mobiles, fixed to mobile, internet and ISDN. Yield has also declined due to increased capped calling rates and competitive pricing pressures offset by flagfall increases. For the nine month period national long distance revenue has reduced by 9.9%.
  • Fixed to mobile revenue has declined by 5% for the quarter attributable to a lower yield resulting from increased competitive pricing pressures in the business sector offset by a higher yield in the consumer market due to flagfall increases. The minutes of use increased 0.5% for the quarter. Fixed to mobile revenue has declined by 1.8% for the nine month period.
  • International direct® revenue has reduced by 14% for the quarter attributable to a 12% decline in the number of call minutes and a slight decline in yield. This reduction was due to the continued migration to aggressively priced prepaid calling cards and customers using other products such as e-mail and internet chat facilities. For the nine month period international direct revenue has decreased by 12%.
  • PSTN value added services revenue was flat for the quarter. The decline in Messagebank® has slowed as the impact of customer migration to Telstra Home Message 101™ was felt mainly in the prior year third quarter. Call Return (*10#) usage declined slightly after an increase in calling number display subscriptions and higher call completion rates although the decline has slowed considerable in the third quarter. PSTN value added services revenue has reduced by 4.1% for the nine months.

Specialised Data

Specialised data revenue decreased by 9.3% for the quarter and 5.8% for the nine-month period, reflecting a decline in mature products such as Leased Lines and DDS (Digital Data Services) where customers have migrated to newer technologies. Frame relay revenue declined, although SIOs have increased as more customers take up IP WAN for which frame relay is the premium access. ATM revenue has increased, despite being in the mature phase of its life cycle, due to increased SIOs and the reallocation of some revenue previously included in frame relay.

ISDN Products

ISDN revenue has declined by 4.8% or \$11 million for the quarter and 4.3% or \$30 million for the nine-month period. This includes a 27% or \$14 million decrease in ISDN data call revenue for the quarter as corporate customers continued to migrate to more technologically advanced products such as IP products. This is partly offset by growth in ISDN access revenue of 5% or \$5 million due to the penetration into the SME and consumer markets for ISDN. The number of services grew by 6.3%.

Advertising & Directories

Reported advertising and directories revenues, including revenue generated by Trading Post, increased by \$72 million for the quarter and \$196 million for the nine month period. After excluding Trading Post revenues, underlying advertising and directories revenue increased by 15% or \$35 million for the quarter and 8.3% or \$83 million for the nine month period.

For the quarter Yellow Pages revenue has increased by 8.6% or \$15 million attributable to the introduction of full-page advertising options into additional categories in regional books. White Pages revenue grew by 22% or \$10 million due to the continued success of additional colour listing options and higher customer yields in regional books. Other directory products grew by 50% mainly in the area of online advertising and location and navigation products from additional customers.

Intercarrier Services

Intercarrier services revenue grew by 2.3% for the quarter and 2.8% for the nine month period. SMS interconnect revenue and wholesale roaming revenue both increased due to higher volumes. Facilities access revenue increased due to higher demand for access to exchanges, equipment and mobile towers as other carriers seek to expand their infrastructure. These increases were offset by a decline in PSTN terminating revenues due to a yield reduction arising from price rebalancing initiatives and a decline in volumes. Mobiles terminating revenues declined for the quarter due to regulatory driven pricing changes, partly offset by higher volumes from increased mobile services.

Solutions Management

Reported solutions management revenue increased by 79% or \$95 million for the quarter. This includes revenue generated by the KAZ group of \$84 million and Damovo of \$3 million. Revenue for the nine-month period increased 87% or \$315 million including revenue generated by the KAZ group of \$272 million and Damovo of \$8 million. Telstra acquired the KAZ Group in July 2004 and Damovo in September 2004.

Telstra Corporation Limited and controlled entities

Without the benefit of these acquisitions, underluing solutions management revenues increased by 6.6% or \$8 million for the quarter and 9.6% or \$35 million for nine-month period. The growth is due to the commencement of significant new radio services construction contracts and an increase in managed wide area networks.

Hong Kong CSL

In local currency (HK\$), revenue increased by 8.9% for the quarter and for the nine month period revenue increased by 8.2%. This was achieved through continued strong growth in mobile handset sales due to the move into new market segments and the launch of new handset models with advanced features; along with strong growth in prepaid, international voice and data revenue through MMS handsets and innovative content applications. These increases have been partially offset by a continuing decline in local voice revenue as a result of the aggressive price competition.

In Australian dollars, revenues increased by 7.2% or \$12 million for the quarter, which also includes and adverse exchange rate impact of \$3 million. For the nine month period revenue increased by 2.8% or \$15 million with the exchange rate impact adversely affecting results by \$30 million.

TelstraClear

Total revenue growth of 3.0% or NZ\$5 million was achieved for the quarter and for the nine month period revenue increased by 3.3% or NZ\$16 million. On a stand-alone basis, including intercompany revenue, TelstraClear revenue increased by 3.0% for the quarter and 3.7% for the nine months. Revenue growth was achieved from continued strong retail revenue growth, particularly in the business and government sector and a strong consumer growth from increased PSTN on-net charges and homeplan. This was partially offset by a decrease in wholesale due to rate reductions with international carriers in the wholesale market.

In Australian dollars revenue increased by 9.7% or \$14 million for the quarter and for the nine month period increased by 8.2% or \$35 million, the exchange rate impact positively affected results by \$15 million.

Offshore Services Revenue

Reported offshore revenue has increased by 76% or \$28 million for the quarter and included revenue generated by PSINet of \$21 million. For the nine months reported revenue increased 117% or \$99 million and included PSINet revenue of \$51 million. Telstra acquired PSINet in August 2004.

Underlying offshore revenue grew by 19% or \$7 million for the quarter and for the nine month period increased by 57% or \$48 million. This is primarily due to Global Sales acquiring the customer & network bases from Powergen and Cable Telecom in the UK in October 2003 and February 2004 respectively.

Telstra Corporation Limited and controlled entities

Inbound calling products

Inbound calling products revenue declined by 8.3% for the quarter. For the nine month period revenue decreased by 4.5%. Competitive market pressures on prices have resulted in a decline in net yield and the customer base.

Pay TV Bundling

There has been continued rapid growth in Pay TV bundling with revenue increasing by 73% or \$30 million for the quarter and 81% or \$86 million for the nine-month period. Telstra's bundled Foxtel subscribers have increased by 25% to 273,000. Telstra now has 52,000 Austar bundled subscribers. The growth in services is due to the introduction of digital TV and a change to the packaging and bonus option introduced in June 2004.

Pauphones

Payphone revenue has declined by 19% or \$7 million for the quarter and 15% or \$16 million for the ninemonth period. This is from a combined effect of the loss of payphone provisioning contracts and lower usage because of product substitution to prepaid calling cards and mobile phones.

Customer Premises Equipment

Reported customer premises equipment revenue increased by 28% or \$13 million for the quarter and 21% or \$29 million for the nine-month period. This includes revenue generated from PABX equipment sales for Damovo, which was acquired in September 2004.

Underlying customer premises equipment revenue decreased by \$6 million for the quarter and \$10 million for the nine-month period. This is a combined effect of retail competition for fixed line handset sales and product substitution to mobiles.

Other Sales & Services

Reported other sales and services revenue grew by 24% or \$36 million for the quarter and included a reduction to revenue of \$1 million in the KAZ group, acquired by Telstra in July 2004. For the nine month period reported other sales and services revenue increased by 31% or \$135 million and included revenue of \$2 million generated by the KAZ group.

Underlying other sales and services revenue grew by 25% or \$37 million for the quarter. This included revenue growth from miscellaneous revenue with the introduction of payment processing fees on customer credit card payments \$6 million and increased overdue account fees \$7 million, commercial recoverable works \$8 million including Foxtel Pay TV digital conversion, and external construction revenue \$8 million due to increased focus on building and targeting network construction markets. For the nine month period underlying sales and services revenue grew 31% or \$133 million which also included a negative prior period accounting adjustment and growth in HFC Cable usage revenue from Foxtel reflecting increased product demand.

Other Revenue

Reported other revenue increased by 56% or \$65 million for the quarter, which included the sale of our interests in Intelsat, Ltd and Infonet Services Corporation. Underlying other revenue decreased by 36% or \$22 million for the quarter due to the reduction of government receipts from grants and other miscellaneous refunds.

Reported other revenue decreased 41% or \$198 million for the nine months ended 31 March 2005 due to the reduction of proceeds from investment sales of \$165 million, which included the prior year sale of IBMGSA for \$154 million. Underlying other revenue decreased by 43% or \$90 million for the nine months due to the sale of mid range servers in the prior year and lower other non-communications plant sales.

Service

Telstra continues to provide high service levels across Australia as evident in the recent Australian Communications Authority report for the December 2004 quarter. National Customer Service Guarantee (CSG) performance for connections was 92% and fault repairs 91%. CSG performance was above 90% in all categories, urban, rural and remote areas.

Outlook

The third quarter trading results are in line with our aspirations to lift revenues close to industry growth rates. In an environment of aggressive price competition and our changing revenue mix we continue to drive productivity improvements everywhere and contain costs to deliver EBITDA and EBIT growth.

For enquiries on this announcement please contact:

John Stanhope Chief Financial Officer Telstra Corporation Limited David Anderson General Manager, Investor Relations Telstra Corporation Limited Phone: 61 3 9634 8632 Email: [email protected]

Market Update

for three months ending 31 March 2005

Q3 04/05
Reported
Q3 04/05
Underlying
Q3 03/04
Reported
Q3 03/04
Underlying
Reported
Growth %
Underlying
Growth %
Underlying
Movement
\$ millions
Mobiles
Mobile services 918 918 853 853 7.6 7.6 65
Mobile handsets 85 85 79 79 7.6 7.6 6
Total Mobiles 1,003 1,003 932 932 7.6 7.6 71
Internet and IP solutions
BigPond narrowband 67 67 74 74 (9.5) (9.5) (7)
BigPond broadband
Wholesale broadband
116
71
116
71
72
39
72
39
61.1
82.1
61.1
82.1
44
32
Wholesale internet direct and data 8 8 4 4 100.0 100.0 4
Internet direct 29 29 26 26 11.5 11.5 3
IP solutions 54 54 38 38 42.1 42.1 16
Other 6 6 2 $\overline{z}$ 200.0 200.0 4
Total Internet and IP solutions 351 351 255 255 37.6 37.6 96
PSTN Products
Basic access 831 831 795 795 4.5 4.5 36
Local calls 302 302 370 370 (18.4) (18.4) (68)
PSTN value added services 62 62 62 62 0.0 0,0 0
National long distance calls 244 244 278 278 (12.2) (12.2) (34)
Fixed to mobile
International direct
378
56
378
56
398
65
398
65
(5.0)
(13.8)
(5.0)
(13.8)
(20)
(9)
Total PSTN 1,873 1,873 1,968 1,968 (4.8) (4.8) (95)
Specialised Data 234 234 258 258 (9.3) (9.3) (24)
ISDN Products 218 218 229 229 (4.8) (4.8) (11)
Advertising and Directories 314 269 242 234 29.8 15.0 35
Intercarrier services 272 272 266 266 2.3 2.3 6
Solutions management 216 129 121 121 78.5 6.6 8
HK CSL 179 179 167 167 7.2 7.2 12
TelstraClear 158 158 144 144 9.7 9.7 14
Offshore Services Revenue 65 44 37 37 75.7 18.9 7
Inbound calling products
PayTV Bundling
110
71
110
71
120
41
120
41
(8.3)
73.2
(8.3)
73.2
(10)
30
Customer premises equipment 60 41 47 47 27.7 (12.8) ${6}$
Payphones 29 29 36 36 (19.4) (19.4) (7)
Other sales & services
Telstra Information & Connection Services 32 32 30 30 6.7 6.7 Ż
Card Services 13 13 14 14 (7.1) (7.1) (1)
Security products 13 13 13 13 0.0 0.0 o
Customnet & Spectrum 27 27 30 30 (10.0) (10.0) (3)
HFCCable TV 15 15 13 13 15.4 15.4 Ż
Commercial & Recoverable Works 15 15 7 7 114.3 114.3 8
External Construction 21 21 13 13 61.5 61.5 8
Other 51 52 31 31 64.5 67.7 21
Total Other sales & services 187 188 151 151 23.8 24.5 37
Total Sales revenue 5,340 5,169 5,014 5,006 6.5 3.3 163
Other revenue 181 39 116 61 56.0 (36.1) (22)
Total revenue 5,521 5,208 5,130 5,067 7.6 2.8 141
Domestic Sales Revenue 4,934 4,785 4,661 4,653 5.9 2.8 132
Selected Statistical Data
Mobile voice telephone minutes 1,641 1,554 5.6 87
Short Message Service (SMS) (number of messages) 567 499 13.6 68
Mobile services in operation (thousands) 8,059 7,169 12.4 890
Broadband Retail subscribers 718 338 112.4 380
Broadband Wholesale subscribers
Total Broadband subscribers (thousands)
761
1,479
281
619
170.8
138.9
480
860
Narrowband subscribers (thousands) 1,202 1,197 0.4 5
Basic access lines in service 10.17 10.34 (1.6) (0.17)
Local calls (number of calls) 2,045 2,324 (12.0) (279)
National long distance minutes 1,890 2,128 (11.2) (238)
Fixed to mobile minutes 1,075 1,070 0.5 5
International direct minutes 141 161 (12.4) (20)
ISDN access (basic lines equivalents) (thousands) 1,329 1,250 6.3 79

Footnotes:

All percentages relate to growth on prior correspoinding period (PCP)

Underlying excludes property and investment sales and the impoct of Trading Post, KAZ Group, PSInet Group, Damovo and Universal Publishers acquisitions.

Statistical data is represented in millions unless otherwise stated, and represents management's best estimates.

Market Update

for nine months ending 31 March 2005

Q3 04/05
Reported
Q3 04/05
Underlying
Q3 03/04
Reported
Q3 03/04
Underlying
Reported
Growth %
Underlying
Growth %
Underlying
Movement
\$ millions
Mobiles
Mobile services 2,814 2,814 2,594 2,594 8.5 8.5 220
Mobile handsets 283 283 265 265 6.8 6.8 18
Total Mobiles 3,097 3,097 2,859 2,859 8.3 8.3 238
Internet and IP solutions
BigPond narrowband 209 209 218 218 (4.1) (4.1) (9)
BigPond broadband 319 319 194 194 64.4 64.4 125
Wholesale broadband 177 177 99 99 78.8 78.8 78
Wholesale internet direct and data 21 21 11 11 90.9 90.9 10
Internet direct 90 90 87 87 3.4 3.4 3
IP solutions 148 148 109 109 35.8 35.8 39
Other 11 11 6 6 83.3 83.3 5
Total Internet and IP solutions 975 975 724 724 34.7 34.7 251
PSTN Products
Basic access
5.2 126
Local calls 2,531
991
2,531
991
2,405 2,405
1,148
5.2
(13.7)
(13.7) (157)
PSTN value added services 188 188 1,148
196
196 (4.1) (4.1) (8)
National long distance calls 771 771 856 856 (9.9) (9.9) (85)
Fixed to mobile 1,184 1,184 1,206 1,206 (1.8) (1.8) (22)
International direct 180 180 204 204 (11.8) (11.8) (24)
Total PSTN 5,845 5,845 6,015 6,015 (2.8) (2.8) (170)
Specialised Data 729 729 774 774 (5.8) (5.8) (45)
ISDN Products 671 671 701 701 (4.3) (4.3) (30)
Advertising and Directories 1,202 1,081 1,006 998 19.5 8.3 83
Intercarrier services 852 852 829 829 2.8 2.8 23
Solutions management 679 399 364 364 86.5 9.6 35
HK CSL 559 559 544 544 2.8 2.8 15
TelstraClear 462 462 427 427 8.2 8.2 35
Offshore Services Revenue 184 133 85 85 116.5 56.5 48
Inbound calling products 341 341 357 357 (4.5) (4.5) (16)
PayTV Bundling 192 192 106 106 81.1 81.1 86
Customer premises equipment 167 128 138 138 21.0 (7.2) (10)
Payphones 92 92 108 108 (14.8) (14.8) (16)
Other sales & services
Telstra Information & Connection Services 102 102 93 93 9.7 9.7 a
Card Services 45 45 50 50 (10.0) (10.0) (5)
Security products 39 39 38 38 2.6 2.6 1
Customnet & Spectrum 84 84 84 84 0.0 0.0 0
HFCCable TV 51 51 35 35 45.7 45.7 16
Commercial & Recoverable Works
External Construction
44 44 22 22 100.0 100.0 22
Other 61
142
61
140
47
64
47
64
29.8
121.9
29.8
118.8
14
76
Total Other sales & services 568 566 433 433 31.2 30.7 133
Total Sales revenue 16,615 16,122 15,470 15,462 7.4 4.3 660
Other revenue
Total revenue
288
16,903
120
16,242
486
15,956
210
15,672
(40.7)
5.9
(42.9)
3.6
(90)
570
Domestic Sales Revenue 15,401 14,961 14,400 14,392 7.0 4.0 569
Selected Statistical Data
Mobile voice telephone minutes 5,045 4,565 10.5 480
Short Message Service (SMS) (number of messages) 1,709 1,427 19.8 282
Mobile services in operation (thousands) 8,059 7,169 12.4 890
Broadband Retail subscribers 718 338 112.4 380
Broadband Wholesale subscribers 761 281 170.8 480
Total Broadband subscribers (thousands)
Narrowband subscribers (thousands)
1,479 619 138.9 860
5
Basic access lines in service 1,202
10.17
1,197
10.34
0.4
(1.6)
(0.17)
Local calls (number of calls) 6,457 7,155 (9.8) (698)
National long distance minutes 5,868 6,471 (9.3) (603)
Fixed to mobile minutes 3,281 3,169 3.5 112
International direct minutes 445 499 (10.3) (54)
ISDN access (basic lines eavivalents) (thousands) 1.329 1.250 6.3 79

Footnotes:

All percentages relate to growth on prior correspoinding period (PCP)

Underlying excludes property and investment sales and the impoct of Trading Post, KAZ Group, PSInet Group, Damovo and Universol Publishers acquisitions.

Statistical data is represented in millions unless otherwise stated, and represents management's best estimates.

Refer to page 14 for product reconciliation details to align prior period comparative figures.

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Quarterly Data Quarter Ended 31 March 2005

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Mobile services 848 3.43 493 9.2% 1,740 6.2% 853 9.6% 2.594 7.4% 877 6.68 3,420 7.3% 928 9.4% 968 8.4% 1,896 9.0% 918 7.6% 2,814 8.5%
Mobile hondset:
pteil Mobiles
97
94\$
40.6%
-6.3%
-89
982
\$12.79
6.7%
186
\$,926
8.1%
6.4%
79
932
(24.0%
5.7%
265
2,859
14.0%
6.2%
87
964
(28.9%
3.3%
352
3,822
(8.8%)
5.4%
95
\$,023
12.1%
B.3%
103
1,671
15.7%
9.1%
198
2,084
8.5%
8.7%
85
1,003
7.6%
7.6%
283
3,097
6.8%
8.3%
sternet and IP solutions 237 24.7% 231 14.9% 466 19.7% 255 28.8% 724 22.9% 289 26.8% 1,013 24.0% 310 30.8% 314 35.9% 624 33.3% 351 37.6% 935 34.7%
STAI products
Busic access 781 3.4% 819 3.5% 1,610 3.5% 795 2.2% 2,405 3.0% 832 11.2% 3,237 -S.OK 853 7.8% 847 3.4% 1,700 5.6% 831 4.5% 2,531 5.2%
Local calls
PSTN volve added service
394
-58
(0.8%
-9.9%
384
-66
(3.8%
(10.8)
778
134
(2.3%
(5.0%
370
62
13.6%
(12.7%
1,348
- 196
(2.7%)
(7.5%)
356
-62
(8.0%
${7.4%}$
1,504
259
64.0%
(7.5%
354
-63
(10.2%)
(7.4%)
33\$
63
(12.8%
(4.5%
689
126
(15.4%
(6.0%
302
62
(10.4%)
0.0%
991
188
(13.7%
(4.1%
Notional loisa distance caus 282 2.5% 286 (4.0% 578 (0.7% 278 (3.8% 856 (1.6%) 26\$ (9.2% 1,121 (3.5% 265 (9.2% 262 (8.4% \$27 (8.8%) 244 $(12.2\%)$ 731 (9.9%
Axed to mobile 482
-58
8.4% 407
-71
6.5% 808 7.3% 398 6.1% 1,206 6.9% 391 0.S% 1,597 5.3% 399 (0.7%) 407 0.0% 856 (0.2%) 338 $(5.0\%)$ 1,184 (1.8%
international direct
ptal PSTM products
2,015 (15.88
2.8%
2,033 (12.3%
0.4%
139
4,047
13.7%
1.5%
65
1,968
(11.09)
$0.0\%$
204
6,015
(13.2%)
0.9%
62
1,959
12.7%
9.7%
266
7,986
í 13.48
9.9%
81
1,995
(10.3%)
(3.0%)
63
1,977
(11.3%
(2.8%
124
3,972
(10.8%
(5.9%
56
1,873
(13.8%
(4.8%)
180
5,845
(11.8%
(2.8%
ato and interne
gec 985ed Dats 254 (2.9%
(3.6%
253 (7.3%
(2.9%
-517 (5.3%
(3.3%
258 (5.1%
1.8%
774 (9.3%)
(1.8%)
260 (7.5%
(1.3%
1,035 (5.7%
(1.5%
246 (6.8%)
(3.3%
249 (1.6%
(5.3%
485 (4.1%)
(4.2%
234 (9.3%)
(4.8%)
729 (9.8%
(4.3%
DN Products
dvertising and Directories
239
182
7.7% 234
583
3.4% 473
764
4.5% 229
234
9.3% 203
998
5.7% 225
301
16.3% 927
1,298
6.7% 231
233
17.0% 222
599
3.1% 453
822
6.3% 218
269
15.0% 621
1,381
8.3%
Xerconier service 278 (6.3% 284 (0.7% 563 (3.3% 266 (2.9% 429 (3.2%) 234 (2.3%) 1,103 (2.9% 277 (0.4%) 303 6.7% 580 3.0% 232 2.3% 852 2.8%
ขนปาดทรากตศตตุตศาลท 129 13.2% 13 (9.6% 243 1.7% 121 7.1% 364 3.4% 144 6.7% 508 4.3% 140 8.5% 130 15.0% 270 11.1% 129 8.6% 399 9.6%
long Kong CSL
elstraClear
191
142
(21.7%
2.9%
186
140
(22.5%
3.7%
37?
282
(22.3%
3.3%
167
144
$(33.3\%)$
2.1%
544
427
$(28.2\%$
3.1%
182
148
0.6%
10.43
726
534
(20.0%)
4.7%
188
152
(3.6%)
7.0%
192
152
3.2%
8.6%
380
364
0.8%
7.8%
139
158
7.2%
9.7%
559
462
2.8%
0.2%
ilishare Services Revenu -38 (21.7% 33 106.7% 48 26.3% 37 \$17.6% 85 45 408.0% 130 103.3% 46 \$55.6% 43 38.7% 89 85.4% 44 18.9% 133 56.5%
sbours ricalling products 119 (5.8% 118 (4.09) 238 (4.8% 120 (3.6% 357 (4.09) 118 (3.3% 426 (3.6% 137 (2.7% 114 (4.2% 231 (2.9% 110 (B.3%) 341 (4.5%
auTV 29
46
(6.3% -35
46
N
(9.8%
65
92
-NA
$(8.3\%$
41
47
\$83.3%
(4.1%
106
138
(7.4%) 48
-45
182.4%
3.33
154
184
569.6%
(5.2%
57
42
96.6%
(0.7%
64
45
82.9%
(2.2%
121
-97
86.2%
(5.4%
71
41
73.2%
(12.8%)
192
128
81.1%
(7.2%
ustomer premises equipment
auphones
36 (2.7% -37 (2.6% 72 (4.0% 36 (5.3% 108 (4.4%) 33 (\$.7%) 141 (4.7% 31 (13.9%) 32 (13.8% -63 (12.9% 29 $(19.4\%)$ 92 (14.8)
ther soles & service 182 (33.69 \$19 647.39 281 (48.2% 151 (25.2% 433 (35.7%) 186 \$9.7% 618 í 29.68 1.26 9.3% 202 71.2% 378 34.0% 188 24.5% 566 30.7%
ales revenue
ther revents
5,032
52
0.5%
(3.7%
5,424
42
(0.7%
(26.3%
10,456
94
(0.3%
(15.3%
5,006
SS.
0.8%
17.0%
15,462
348
0.2%
(5.7%
5,231
-64
3.3%
(38.5%
26,693
213
1.0%
(18.7%
5,244
37
4.2%
65.1%
5,769
44
5.3%
4.8%
10,953
81
4.8%
(45.6%
5,169
39
3.3%
$(36.1\%)$
16,122
128
4.3%
(42.9%
atol ravenue 5,084 9.5% 5,466 (1.0%) 10,550 (0.3% 5,051 \$10% 15,611 0.1% 5,295 2.5% 20,906 9.7% 5,281 2.8% 5,753 5.3% 11,034 4.0% 5,208 2.8% 16,242 3.6%
rlected statistical data
ipbile voice telephone minutes
1,473 15.99 1,538 16.2% 3,015 16.3% 1,554 20.6% 4,565 17.6% 1,580 15.2% 6,145 16.9% 1,678 13.9% 1,726 12.2% 3,404 13.1% 1,641 5.6% 5,045 10.5%
hort Message Senace (SMS) (humber of messages) 439 50.5% 488 41.5% 928 45.6% 499 30.1% 1,427 39.8% 518 27.6% 1,944 36.3% 558 27.1% \$63 19.4% 1,142 23.1% S67 13.6% 1,709 19.8%
fobile services in operation (thousands). 5,720 14.2% 6,985 14.5% 6,985 14.5% 7,169 13.1% 7,189 13.1% 7,604 15.8% 7,604 15.8% 2,688 14.1% 7,983 14.3% 7,983 14.3% 8,059 12.4% 8,059 12.4%
Broadbund Retail subscribers 257 57.8% 288 53.4% 288 \$3.4% 338 63.1% 338 61.1% 427 77.8% -427 77.8% 537 100.9% 622 116.2% -822 116.2% 738 112.4% 718 112.4%
Broadband Whplesdle subscribe 172 362.5% 220 288.9% 220 289.0% 281 250.9% 281 250.5% 379 213.4% 379 213.4% 489 388.6% 611 177.8% 631 177.7% 761 170.8% 761
1,479
170.8%
otal Braddband subscripers (thousands)
grtowbond subscribers (thousands)
439
1,180
112.6%
8.99
508
1,378
107.8%
6.8%
508
1,378
107.8%
-6.8%
619
1,192
\$13.9%
5.6%
639
1,197
113.5%
5.6%
806
1,194
123.2%
3.3%
806
1,194
123.2%
3.3%
1,032
1,209
335.1%
2.4%
1,233
1,201
142.9%
1.9%
1,233
1,201
\$42.9%
2.0%
1,479
1,202
\$38.9%
0.4%
1,202 138.9%
0.4%
Retall 8.73 (3.9% 8.64 (3.8) 4.64 (3.8% 8.56 (3.9% 8.58 (3.9% 8.44 (4.35) 8.44 (4.3% 8.34 (4.2%) 8.21 (4.9% 8.23 (5.0%) 8.13 (5.2%) 8.13 (5.2%
Wholesole 1.64 26.5% 1.71 22.1% 3.71 22.3% 1.76 23.1% 1.76 21.1% 1.84 18.4% 1.84 18.4% 1.92 16.1% 1.98 15.8% 1.98 15.6% 2.04 15.9% 2.04 15.9%
usic pocess lines in service
ocal calls (number of calls)
10.35
2,435
(0.7%
(3.7%
10.35
2,396
(0.3%
13.8%
10.35
4,833
(0.3%
(3.7%
10.34
2,324
(0.4%
13.0%
16.34
7,155
$(0.4)$ u)
(3.5%)
10.26
2,242
(0.8%
\$5.8%
\$0.2B\$
9,397
(0.8%
(4.0%
10.25
2,233
(0.9%)
$(8.3\%)$
30.19
2,179
(1.5%
${5.3%}$
10.19
4,432
(3.9%)
(8.7%)
30.17
2,045
(3.6%)
$(12.0\%)$
30.17
6,457
(3.6%
(9.8%
latzarra, izrae distance minutes 2,193 (6.5% 2,350 16.9% 4,343 (6.7% 2,126 (8.6% 6,471 (6.7%) 2,049 (8.0% 8,520 (7.0% 2,002 (8.7%) 1,975 (8.3% 3,977 $(8.4\%)$ 1,890 $(15.2\%)$ 5,868 (9.3%
(red to mobile minutes 1,041 7.3% 1,058 7.5% 2,099 7.4% 1,070 0.1% 3,169 7.6% 1,057 5.8% 4,226 7.3% 1,096 5.3% 1,110 4.9% 2,286 5.1% 1,075 0.5% 3,281 3.5%
rechational direct minutes
DA access (basic lines equivalents) (shousands)
165
1,230
(13.4%
(1.2%
-373
1,224
${11.9%$
2.9%
338
1,224
[12.7%]
2.8%
161
1,250
(10.7%
4.2%
489
1,250
(12.0%
4.2%
152
1,288
(31.84)
6.2%
653
1,288
(32.9%
6.2%
149
1,305
(9.8%
7.8%
15\$
1,318
(10.2%
7.7%
304
1,338
$(10.1\%)$
7.7%
141
1,329
$(12.4\%)$
6.3%
445
1,329
(10.8%
6.3%
ay TV bunding 177 N/M 208 N/M 208 N/M 231 NØ4 231 N/M 258 \$03.1% 258 103.38 289 63.1% 309 48.6% 369 48.6% 325 40.7% 325 40.7%

Footnotes: asset salés.

(i) Fiscal 2004/2005 and its comparative gear exclude Trading Post, Ka2 Group, PSinet Group, Damovo and Universal Publishers and proceeds hom property and investment sales. Fiscal 2003/2004 and its comparative year exclude

(ii) All percentages relate to growth on prior corresponding period.

(iii) Mobile Services in Operation(SIOs) are net of deactivated prepaid costomers who were outside the recharge only period and reflects recent changes in deactivation poticy in Q4 2003/2004.

$\langle \mathrm{\hat{b}} \nu \rangle$ Statistical data is represented in millions onless otherwise stated.

(v) Retail basic access lines in service have been restated to exclude between 105,000 and 84,000 incontact services. The current period has an exclusion of 89,000 incontact services.

(vi) Broadband subscriber numbers for 03/04 and 04/05 have been restated to include up to 5000 business subscribers previously overlooked in error.

(vii) SMS numbers have been restated for 02/03, 03/04 and 04/05 to include up to 20 million messages per quarter of business access manager and online sms previously excluded in error.

Telstra Corporation Limited (ABN 033 051 775 556)
Mormalisation Schedule
Year Ended 31 March 2005

This schedule details the adjustments made to the reported results for the nine months ending 31 March 2005 and 2004 to arrive at the underlying business performance.

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Mobiles
Mobile services
Mobile nandsets
2,8%
283
2,814
283
2,594
265
2,594
265
8.5%
6.8%
8.59
6.8%
220
18
Edial Mobiles 3,097 3,097 2,859 2,859 8.3% 8.3% 236
Internet and IP splutions. 975 975 724 724 34.7% 34.7% 251
PS 78 Products
Casic access. 2,533 2,533 2,405 2,405 5.2% 5.2% 128
Loral rails 991 993 1.348 1.148 (13.7%) ${43.7%}$ (157)
FSTN value added services 188 188 196 196 (4.1%) (4.1% (6)
National long distance calls -773 77:5 856 856 (9.9%) (9.9% (85)
Fored to mobile 1,184 1,184 1,206 1,206 (1.8%) (3.8%) (22)
International direct 180 180 204 204 $(11.8\%)$ ${f(1.8%)}$ (24)
Tolat PSTN 5,845 5,845
729
6,015 6,015 (2.8% (2.8% (178)
Specialised Data
MEN MOORSE SOC CALS
729
671
673 774
70
774
701
(5.8%)
(4.3%)
(5.8%)
(4.3%)
(45)
(30)
Advertising and Directories. 1,202 (113) (8) (121) 1,083 1,006 (8) 998 19.5% 8.3% 83
intercamer services. 852 852 829 829 2.8% 2.8% 23
Solutions management. 679 (272) (8) (280 399 36 364 86.5% 9.6% 35
MK C SL 559 559 544 544 2.8% 2.89 15
Telstra Clear 462 462 42 427 8.2% 8.2% 35
Offshore Reviering 184 (53) :51 133 85 116.5% 56.5% 48
Infound caling products 341
192
343
192
35 357
108
$(4.5\%)$
81.1%
(4.5%)
81.1%
(16)
86
Payl'V
Costomer premises equipment
167 (39) 128 138 138 21.0% (7.2% (10)
Faypisones $\mathfrak{P}$ 168 108 (14.8%) ${4.8%}$ (16)
Other sales & service 568 (2) 566 433 433 31.2% 30.7% 133
Sales revenue 16,615 (113) (273) (53) (48) (8) (493) 16, 122 15,470 ß (8) 15,462 7.4% 4.3% 660
Other rovenus 288 (168) $\alpha$ (168) 120 486 (276) (276) 210 (40.7%) (42.9% (90)
Total revenue
******
16,903 (168) (113) (273) (53) (48) -681 (661) 16,242 15,956 (276) ${8}$ (284) 15,672 5.9% 3.6% 578

$\overline{\mathbf{s}}$ , and the contract of $\overline{\mathbf{s}}$ , and $\overline{\mathbf{s}}$ Telstra Corporation Limited (ABN 033051 775 556)

Product reconciliation to align comparative figures with the reported format

Nine Months Ended 31 March 2005

Reported DESCRIPTION
previously New Hierarchy
released
Mor-04 Mar-04 Movement Amount Amount
\$m. 3m. 3m Included Юŵ Excluded 35a
Mobile services 2,583 2,594 11
Mobile handsets 265 265 $\overline{\phantom{a}}$
Total Mobiles 2,848 2,859 13 CDMA Wholesale Domestic Resale 11
internet and if solutions 733 724 11 Wholesale Access Other (incl HDSL) 10
Wholesale Internet and Data Other -1
PSTN products
Basic access 2,405 2,405
Local calls 1,148 1,148 $\sim$
PSTN value added services 196 196
National long distance calls: 856 856 $\sim$
Fixed to mobile 1,206 1,206 $\sim$
international direct 204 204 $\sim$
Total PSTN products 6,015 6,015
Specialised Data 762 774 12 Whotesale ATM 12
ISDN Products 698 701 -3 Microtink Rental Semi Permanent Circuits (3)
Advertising and Directorias 1,014 1,006 (8) Yellow Pages Direct B
intercarner services 863 $\overline{829}$ (34) Wholesale ATM $\overline{12}$
CDMA Wholesale Domestic Resale 11
Wholesale Access Other (incl HDSL) 10
Wholesale internet and Data Other -11
Solutions management 350 364 14 eBusiness Solutions -34
Hong Kong CSL 544 544
TelstraClear 427 427 $\sim$
Various controlled entities (excluding HKCSL& IClear) 134 (134) Offshore services revenue 85
HFC Cable TV $\overline{35}$
eBusiness Solutions 14
Offshore services revenue $\overline{\phantom{a}}$ 85 85 Offshore services revenue 85
intround calling products 357 357 $\sim$
Pay IV bundling $\overline{\phantom{a}}$ 106 106 Pay TV Bundling 106
Customer premises equipment. 138 138 $\sim$
Pouphones 108 108 $\sim$
Other soles & service 499 433 (66) Microlink Rental Semi Permanent Circuits (3) Pay TV Bundling 706
HEC Coble TV 35
Yellow Pages Direct s
Sales revenue 15,470 15,470 279 279
Other tevenue 486 486 (0)
Total revenue 15,956 15,956 $\langle 0 \rangle$ 279 279