Telstra Limited has appointed 20-year telecoms industry veteran Kevin Holland to spearhead its Service Provider Wholesale channel.

Holland has been tasked to build on Telstra Limited's strong performance in 2007 and drive recruitment of solutions-led Service Providers to accelerate demand for Telstra's advanced network and managed services portfolio. Based in Telstra Limited's London HQ and reporting into Pete Hall, Vice-President of Wholesale, Hollandwill be responsible for managing relationships with the company's flagship Service Provider partners as well as growing the partner-base. Prior to joining Telstra, he held senior positions at global business telecoms company MCI and Crane Telecommunications, one of the UK's leading communications technology distributors.

"We're committed to being the partner of choice for the wholesale channel, and Kevin's appointment will bring enormous benefit to both our business and our partners," said Hall. "His passion for engaging the channel and building mutual success is infectious. He will play a key role in taking our partner programme forward and enhancing our proposition. We've got lots of exciting developments in the pipeline - all engineered to give our partners a cutting competitive edge."

"It's an exciting time to be joining Telstra Limited," said Holland. "We've just completed a major UKnetwork refresh, have one of the world's most advanced global IP backbones and the biggest IP network in Asia Pacific. Coupled with a portfolio of advanced data networking services and connectivity solutions, we can deliver a highly compelling proposition for partners operating in the UK, Europe and globally."

NOTES TO EDITORS

Telstra Limited is the UK-based arm of Telstra International. Telstra International is a global communications service provider and a division of the leading Australian-based, tier 1 telecommunications and information services company, Telstra Corporation Limited.

Telstra provides global solutions to over half of the world's top 500 companies, spanning the Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America and Europe. Telstra owns one the most technologically advanced IP backbone global networks in the world, offering an extensive portfolio of state-of-the-art solutions. Service offering includes voice and data - total managed network solutions using Global IP-VPN (MPLS), Internet, ATM, Frame Relay, Private Lines, hosting and co-location. Value-add services include fully managed CPE, network reporting, consulting, project management, service tools - allowing customers to monitor and view their network status 24/7.

Telstra Limited's portfolio is complemented by its independently-owned and managed switched UKnetwork. The network incorporates strategic Points of Presence (PoPs) across the UK, including two state-of-the-art data centres located in London Docklands andCambridge, and interlinks seamlessly with Telstra's highly-advanced global network.

Visit www.telstra.co.uk for further information.

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