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Telstra Corporation Limited provides over 8 million residential and business customers across Australia with telecommunications and information services. The company operates 11,000 telephone exchanges. It owns and operates over 30,000 pay telephones. The firm provides subscribers with local and long distance telephone calling, mobile communications, broadband access, data, Internet access, IT management, advertising, search, cable distribution, and other services. Telstra's Next G (TM) is one of the fastest national wireless networks in the world. The company's Telstra BigPond (R) is an Internet services unit. FOXTEL (R), in which Telstra holds a 50 percent share, provides consumers with cable television services. Telstra's Sensis Proprietary Limited subsidiary is the largest directory and search firm in Australia. Sensis' Whereis (R) technology won a 2006 Australian Telecom Award. Telstra's KAZ unit provides government agencies with IT services. TelstraClear provides consumers in New Zealand with a variety of telecommunications services. Telstra's Telestra Integration Laboratory, launched in 2006, is testing a new IP services network. When completed, the network will support 5.3 million customers. Telstra went public in 1999. The company is listed on the Australian, New Zealand, and New York Stock exchanges.
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Information Sources, Inc.