Amcom Telecommunications inactive
Perth-based telco (fibre, DSL broadband, voice, data centres; also retail via Amnet brand); carrier-licensed 1998 with cabling-business roots dating to 1988; acquired IP Systems (2010); acquired by Vocus 2015.
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Amcom Telecommunications | 1998 |
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 1998 | Became a licensed telecommunications carrier and began building its Perth fibre network. Origins: Amcom Telecommunications Pty Ltd registered in WA 19 Aug 1988 (ACN 009 336 341) by Andrew McLean as a structured-cabling provider for Perth CBD corporates — the business founding, though pre-telco. The ASX entity (AMM) was the former mining shell International Mineral Resources NL (listed Jul 1994), renamed Fibertel Ltd Nov 1999 after buying into Amcom, then Amcom Telecommunications Limited on 13 Jun 2000. | wiki gov official |
| death | Jul 2015 | Acquired by Vocus Communications under scheme of arrangement; delisted from ASX 9 Jul 2015. | official |
Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | acquisition | AmNet | 100% Amcom acquired the Amnet group (Amnet Internet Services, IT Services, IX, Ezsoftwrite. |
Oct 2003 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | WiredCity | 100% Amcom acquired WiredCity; customers migrated to Amnet 22 Mar 2004. |
Mar 2004 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Arachnet | 100% Arachnet acquired by Amcom Telecommunications. settlement 16 Sep 2005. announced. |
6 Sep 2005 | news asx news |
| incoming | acquisition | IP Systems | 100% Amcom acquired IP Systems (announced 25 Feb 2010; settled 26 May 2010, up to ~$20.5m. |
May 2010 | news |
| outgoing | acquisition | Vocus | 100% |
2014 | news |
References
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