The Sol Trujillo report card

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Social Media Anonymous -- 19/03/09

Some wise spark is taking the Fake Conroy idea to Sol!

http://twitter.com/OurSol

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Sol's legacy Davo -- 19/03/09

The share price is his legacy, lower than when he started.

I'd be interested to see the full extent of capitol commitments and services contracts to US based organisations (especially where Sol has an interest)

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@ Sol's legacy Jason -- 19/03/09 (in reply to #320126120)

Davo not only are the shares lower than when Sol started they are lower than they have ever been.

Today they closed at $2.96 their lowest close ever and they went to an intraday low of $2.93, their lowest price ever.

T1 in total was $3.30
T2 $7.40
T3 $3.60

For retail investors.

Sol took over when they were around $5, from memory.

So although all, well most, shares are down, most also skyrocketed first, but not Telstra ($8.27 their highest, I believe, soon after T2). So apart from the div, Telstra has been an absolute investment disaster, for such a claimed blue chip company.

But before all the fanbois start with the excuses, I'm thinking they can't go too much lower, maybe a buy, soon?

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Jason, you surprise me Mel Sommersberg -- 22/03/09 (in reply to #320126146)

I was thinking of saying the same thing about Telstra's horrid share price.

I'll simply add that Telstra are getting ripe for a hostile takeover bid, maybe from Optus, iiNet or whoever. I bet the thought of that makes Sydney Lawrence fall out of bed or choke on his Weetbix.

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@Jason Jason -- 22/03/09 (in reply to #320126362)

Always told you Im NOT a Telstra fanboi, my friend - believe it or not.

Although you do know, that if you and I buy TLS shares, we may have to become fanbois, lol!

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Post script Mel Jason -- 22/03/09 (in reply to #320126363)

and friends, arrrggghhhh, lol.

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Sydney Lawrence Anonymous -- 26/03/09 (in reply to #320126362)

Sydney Lawrence seems to have disappeared at the same time as Phil Burgess. The most amusing thing about Sydney's comments was that he unwittingly exposed the hypocrisy of the Telstra propoganda machine for all to see. His was a futile battle waged between a desperate shareholder and those espousing the national interest. Nonetheless, all shareholders of this Company have my sincere sympathy

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Steven Mayne's comment Andrew Cox -- 19/03/09

Hi Phil.

I did not agree with your wrap of the first guest's comments. i thought I heard Steven Mayne say that Sol made good on the Next G network but missed the main game.

Telstra's unique asset is the copper core and this had been allowed to idly deteriorate these past four years when it should have been an expansionary gold mine.

Andrew Cox

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copper expansion...? TB -- 23/03/09 (in reply to #320126180)

Andrew,
What's the point in spending money on something you'll have to then share with your competitiors at ans ACCC set price, most likely below what it costs you...?

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Telstra makes a killing on wholesale and retail Mel Sommersberg -- 23/03/09 (in reply to #320126407)

There is no evidence to suggest that Telstra loses out on ACCC-set pricing.

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Killing? M. Formosa -- 23/03/09 (in reply to #320126452)

There is little evidence to suggest they lose out.

But there is just as little evidence to suggest they don't, lose out!

Since you have conclusive evidence proving they make a killing, please supply and show us all!

Thanks, I wait with great interest.

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Sol & Telstra Anonymous -- 23/03/09

Country guy, Telecom/Telstra since I can remember! Copper network left to rot.and a wireless network that only pointed at high rev streams! we miss out 98.9% of the time! country people are not going to change phone comps much if they have a "reasonable" deal!!! we DONT have any choice! Telstra is it! we have to pay it price, such it up! not fair a say Sol spat on primary producers and if him and his exces took a 50% bonus cut and stayed ten years could have had a national system that was the envy of the world! and a share price of ten or more $ they still would have got his millions narr! he went money, money, money! GIVE US COMPETITION!

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Say no for telstra jaeny dy -- 25/03/09 (in reply to #320126469)

Always told you Im NOT a Telstra lover, from the very beginning of my life

jaeny dy
http://www.ohmi.com.au/

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Sol Report Card - Prior to Telstra Anonymous -- 25/03/09

Didn't he get the Sack from BELL in the US some 12 years ago? I believe this was a result of him not building public confidence that the brand has a product differentiator from the competition. I believe back then he spent all his time and money on trying to protect his BELL telco revenue by not allowing competition into his market. Is there a similarity there to Telstra?
You would hope that he would have learned from that mistake or on the other hand, maybe that’s what the board wanted from someone. An arrogant and unimaginative CEO. What Telstra needed was the opposite with someone that recognises that product innovation and infrastructure investment proves a better long term strategy than just sitting back on what you have and hoping that old infrastructure doesn’t fall apart. Net/Net on costs , what he spent on legal and lobbying he could have invested in R&D and we would all be better off, customers and shareholders.
As a final note;Dont invest with Target if you have shares on Wall Street and if he gets re-elected. He will now have much more time on his hands to ensure that Target becomes another of his failures.

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