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Telstra announced its financial performance in fiscal 2017

o total revenue increased by 4.3% to a $28.2 billion

o EBITDA increased by 2.0% to a $10.7 billion

o basic earnings per share increased by 2.8% to 32.5 Australian cents

based on the company's guidance basis:

o total revenue increased by 4.3% to a $28.2 billion

o EBITDA increased by 4.5%, To aud 11.2 billion

o net cash flow was aud 4.3 billion

after tax net profit from continuing operations also increased the complexity of mechanical design (NPAT) by 1.1%, to aud 3.9 billion

after tax net profit from continuing and non continuing operations (NPAT) fell by 33.8%, To a $3.9 billion

(as the after tax net profit in fiscal 2016 includes a $1.8 billion from the sale of the shares of autohome)

the basic core fixed cost decreased by 3.5%, or a $244million

the final dividend was a $15.5 per share, raising the total dividend in fiscal 2017 to a $31.0 per share

218000 domestic retail mobile customers and 132000 domestic retail fixed broadband customers

nbn connections increased by 676000, Reached 1.176 million, and the total market share (excluding satellite users) increased to 52%

Beijing, China, August 18, 2017 -- Telstra announced the company's financial performance for the whole fiscal year 2017 yesterday, confirming that the performance met the company's performance guidelines. At the same time, Telstra also announced the results of the capital allocation audit from November 2016

the audit results of capital distribution include that the dividend payout ratio of basic income of Australia Telecom decreased by 70% to 90% due to the change of dividend policy of Australia Telecom, and about 75% of one-time net income of NbN was returned to shareholders through the special dividend of complete tax relief; New capital management framework; Monetization plan for some locked in recurring NbN earnings (for details, please refer to the separate market report)

the board of directors announced that the final dividend of full tax relief was aud 15.5, raising the total dividend of this fiscal year to aud 31.0 per share. Together with a $1.5 billion of on-site and off-site transactions repurchased this year, Telstra Australia returned a total of a $5.2 billion to shareholders in fiscal 2017

based on the company's performance guidance, Australia Telecom's total revenue and EBITDA increased by 4.3% and 4.5% respectively. Based on the financial reporting basis, excluding the income from the sale of autohome in fiscal 2016, the net profit after tax from continuing operations increased by 1.1%

Andrew Penn, CEO of Australian Telecom, said that 2017 was an extraordinary year. He was very pleased to meet the company's performance guidelines and strategic requirements in such a competitive and rapidly changing market

Mr. Penn said: Nowadays, new manufacturers are constantly pouring into the mobile and fixed network market, and measures such as price reduction, value-added and increased traffic allowance have made all walks of life face greater pricing pressure. The digital revolution will continue to accelerate the development of the national level local characteristic center of the third generation semiconductor, and will have a significant impact on us and our customers. As NbN deployment gradually takes shape, we are about to enter an important turning point in the transformation of the telecommunications market

we announced in May 2016 that NbN deployment is expected to have a negative impact on Australia Telecom's EBITDA profits of $2 to $3 billion. According to our latest expectation, the cost of NbN high connectivity virtual circuit (CVC) will double in the next few years. We predict that this adverse impact may reach the maximum value of this range, about a $3billion. These changes confirm why we should adhere to the correctness of our vision and strategy. At the same time, it also confirms why we must accelerate the transformation

in the rapidly changing market environment, this year we announced that we would invest up to $3billion in the next three years to further adjust the strategic positioning of the enterprise and strive to achieve an EBITDA profit of more than $500million by 2021. The plan is based on our daily capital expenditure, including spectrum investment in the first three years of fiscal 2019. Our total capital investment will exceed $15billion. At present, we mainly focus on networking. Since November, we have invested 750million Australian dollars

The main highlights of the investment include:

89% of users doubled the download speed of standard 4G

prepare for 5g pilot in early 2018

shut down 2G network and redistribute spectrum

launch a new generation of operation support system to improve the network's ability to self diagnose problems and self repair

implement the cat M1 standard within the 4G coverage, quickly realize the coverage of about 3million square kilometers of cat M1 compatible equipment, and start the upsurge of domestic key IOT development

at present, more than 80% of ADSL customers can obtain high-quality video experience at a faster speed

launch Australia Telecom programmable network, integrate SDN and nfv functions, cloud technology and data center

begin to deploy a new generation of optical fiber transmission network

Mr. Penn pointed out that under the changing market situation, based on the success of belong in attracting new fixed broadband customers, Telstra will continue to make efforts to introduce belong mobile technology to the market field that pays attention to cost performance. He said: we will share more information with the public later. We are full of expectations for the development prospect of belong mobile technology, and believe that it will be as successful as belong solid technology

provide excellent customer experience

penn expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the second half of this year, and pointed out that the top priority of Australian Telecom is still to improve the customer experience. He shared: Strategic and phased customer satisfaction (NPS) both recovered strongly in the second half of the year, increasing by 6% and 2% respectively. Of course, we still have a long way to go

we have released a series of important products based on our network speed and capacity. Netgear Nighthawk M1 mobile device is still one of the fastest devices in the world, and its related retail customer base continues to expand. We also launched the market leading frontier modem, which can provide integrated fixed and mobile functions for home fixed broadband customers

in the media field, the number of users of Telstra TV has increased to nearly one million, and has a very high customer satisfaction and activation utilization rate. In addition, we will soon release Telstra TV2, which will enable users to get free wireless TV programs, online TV and video streaming services anytime, anywhere, and enjoy a unique viewing experience. In addition, our sports app now has 1.45 million users, which can bring great value to our mobile package

he also said: as users' demand for media continues to rise, it is crucial for us to support users to access the best content. At the same time, the media market situation is unpredictable, new competitors continue to appear, and the competition has become increasingly fierce. We will continue to devote ourselves to the cooperation with Foxtel, an Australian pay TV company, and continue to discuss with our partner News Corp how to maintain and structure the best synergic universal tension machine, so as to support the future development of Foxtel

achieve the growth of core business value

all key areas of Australian Telecom have achieved continuous growth, including 218000 retail mobile customers, including 169000 postpaid handheld device users and 132000 domestic retail fixed broadband customers. NbN connections increased by 676000 to a total of 1176000, increasing the total market share to 52% (excluding satellite users). Retail fixed packages continued to maintain a good momentum of development, and the number of users of the most popular best retail packages and the most popular entertainment packages increased by 224000

Australia Telecom has outstanding performance in the mobile field. In the second half of the year, the mobile business revenue increased moderately, the customer turnover rate of post paid handheld devices decreased, and this year's mobile technology EBITDA profit remained stable at 43%, which is very impressive

this year, Telstra further expanded its mobile network, with more than 2200 mobile sites newly built or upgraded to 4Gx, and the 4G network also achieved a population coverage of 99%. With the support of the mobile blackspot program jointly launched by the federal and state governments, Telstra Australia has established 174 new mobile stations and more than 100 4G small base stations to increase the coverage of smaller regions and remote communities

Telstra Air Network？ At present, there are more than 1.1 million hotspots, and the number of active users of Telstra air has increased to more than 2million

following the major transaction success and considerable profits brought by NbN business operation, hosted network services, unified communications and cloud services, Australia Telecom achieved more than 30% revenue growth through network applications and services

Mr. Penn said: importantly, we also achieved the goal of increasing EBITDA profit of network applications and services by 3%

create new core businesses that can achieve growth

Australia Telecom has implemented a series of measures to improve the level of innovation and promote the growth of core businesses. Telstra has made significant investments in core infrastructure assets, including PacNet and other submarine cable investments

Mr. Penn said: this year, we made major acquisitions of application and service providers such as company85 and cognevo, while in the previous fiscal year, we made acquisitions of kloud and read. In terms of network security, Australia Telecom has more than 500 network security experts. The company is about to open new safety operation centers in Melbourne and Sydney, and then successively put into construction in other countries or regions. In addition, we have established Telstra labs, which includes software and hardware laboratories. This is the first open IOT and 3D printing laboratory in Australia, which will further promote our collaborative cooperation with customers and partners in the future

since its establishment, Telstra ventures has invested in 45 technology start-ups with an investment amount of more than $300million. Muru-d, an incubator under Telstra Australia, has provided strong support for the establishment of 77 new start-ups

further achieve the productivity target

in fiscal 2017, the actual fixed cost of Australian Telecom decreased by $244million, consistent with the productivity target of $1billion in fiscal 2021 announced in November 2016

Mr. Penn said that Australia Telecom has achieved the productivity goals set at present. Next, we will continue to work hard to further reduce costs in the next five years. He pointed out that today, Australia Telecom announced that it would take more measures to achieve its goals faster. We plan to advance the previously determined goal of a $1billion net productivity to fiscal 2020. In addition, we will add a $500million to the existing cost savings target, which means that we will strive to achieve a net productivity of more than a $1.5 billion in fiscal 2022

as mentioned earlier, we expect to maintain a relatively stable return within the planned target time

future outlook

in fiscal 2018, Telstra expects revenue to reach $28.3 billion to $30.2 billion, and EBITDA profit to reach $10.7 billion to $11.2 billion. The company's performance guideline for EBITDA profit is absorption 2