"I will be focused until midnight June 30, but I also have some personal considerations and I have family, friends, parents, and to be quite frank I've got to lose about 8kgs too... ," Trujillo said.

McGauchie said the strategic decision and implementation of the Telstra Next G network was Trujillo's greatest achievement.

Some analysts attending Telstra's financial results announcement Thursday raised concerns that the company will lose-out from its exclusion from the NBN.

Telstra posted a half year profit of $1.9 billion, down a percent compared to the corresponding period.