Australian ISP Family Tree

Chime Communications inactive

iiNet fully-owned subsidiary providing wholesale dialup and bandwidth; launched as iiTel (May 2000), renamed Chime Communications Feb 2001; dormant under TPG after the 2015 iiNet takeover but the legal entity remains registered (CHIME COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD, ACN 073 119 285).

Founded in Perth, WA. https://chime.net.au

Name history

NameFromTo
iiTel May 2000
Chime Communications 15 Feb 2001

Lifecycle

KindDateDetailsRefs
birth May 2000 approx iiNet renamed entity Iitel Pty Ltd 02 May 2000 (as new wholesale telco business), then Chime Communications Pty Ltd 15 Feb 2001. ACN 073119285 registered 01 Mar 1996 as unrelated Arkane Pty Ltd. official
note 2000 Carrier interconnect with Telstra official
note c. 2000 approx Founded as an iiNet fully-owned subsidiary (as iiTel, renamed Chime Communications Feb 2001), providing wholesale dialup and bandwidth.
death c. 2015 approx ISP/carrier operations wound down with TPG's acquisition of iiNet (2015). The legal entity is not deregistered: ABR shows CHIME COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 073 119 285) still active, its address now TPG's North Sydney office (NSW 2060) โ€” i.e. a dormant TPG-group subsidiary. Site redirect from 2009, carrier absorbed with iiNet into TPG on the Aug 2015 takeover completion - c. 2015 stands, with the legal entity surviving in TPG. gov archive news

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