Earlier today, Australia’s biggest telco, Telstra announced that they are hiring Stephen Elop as their new Strategy Chief. While his position does not begin till April 4, it looks like there is already a connection between Telstra and Microsoft. Telstra Australia confirmed that it’s migrating to Windows 10.
Coincidence? I think not.
Through a video by Microsoft posted on YouTube (now made private), Microsoft announces their partnership with Telstra as the Australian telco provider has chosen Windows as the core software platform of their company.
As spotted by Windows Latest, the video shows how Telstra is using Windows to not only provide a better experience to customers in terms of interactivity in their flagship store in Melbourne but other Microsoft services like PowerBI and Office is improving the workflow of not only their staff but also helps customers find the products that is suitable for them.
This comes after Telstra, which is Australia’s biggest telco provider, announced that starting April 4, Stephen Elop will be the company’s new Strategy Chief and he will be based in both the US and Australia.
Just when we thought it was over, Stephen Elop is apparently back in his game. Stephen Elop, the man who is widely known as the person who brought Windows Phone to Nokia.
In 2011, Stephen Elop became Nokia CEO and introduced the Lumia 800, which was designed to be a competitive device compared to Apple’s iPhone lineup and the myriad of Android devices from Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Sony, etc. However, prior to his position as Nokia CEO, he was a Microsoft executive, and you probably know what happens after that.
Just after three years at Nokia, Elop announced that Nokia will be selling off it’s mobile division to Microsoft and will cease making phones.
Shortly after joining Microsoft in 2014, Stephen Elop left his executive position at Microsoft last year due to an executive shakeup, but it looks like Elop is back again.
Let’s just hope that this does not end up like how Nokia did.
Update: In 2024, WindowsLatest.com spotted that Microsoft has made the video private, so we have made slight modifications to the article.