AAPT inactive
Business/wholesale telco; owned by Telecom NZ from 2000; consumer arm went to iiNet (2010), enterprise/wholesale arm to TPG (2013) (AAPT LIMITED, ACN 052 082 416).
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| AAPT | 1991 |
Aliases
- AAP Telecommunications
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 1991 | Founded as Australian Associated Press Telecommunications. | |
| death | 2013 | Enterprise/wholesale arm sold to TPG Telecom (A$450m); consumer arm had gone to iiNet in 2010. |
Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | acquisition | AT&T EasyLink Services Australia | 100% AAPT acquired AT&T EasyLink Services Australia (B2B e-commerce/EDI; rebranded AAPT@commerce, integrated with connect.com.au. |
16 Aug 1999 | news news |
| incoming | acquisition | connect.com.au | 100% AAPT acquired connect.com.au (exact date 3 Feb 1999. |
3 Feb 1999 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | Telecom New Zealand | 100% Telecom New Zealand acquired AAPT (staged takeover; delisted. |
2000 | official |
| incoming | acquisition | PowerTel | 100% PowerTel absorbed into AAPT (Telecom NZ, A$357m incl. debt. |
May 2007 | official |
| outgoing | split | iiNet | consumer operations AAPT's consumer operations sold to iiNet for $60 million; AAPT's remaining business continued. |
2010 | wikipedia |
| outgoing | split | TPG Internet | enterprise/wholesale TPG Telecom acquired AAPT's remaining corporate/wholesale/networks business for A$450m. |
2013 | wikipedia |