Christmas Island Internet Administration
inactive
Community-owned, non-profit ISP (Christmas Island Internet Administration Limited, CIIA) serving Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands; established Mar 2000 from the assets of IOComm; the sole ISP for the Indian Ocean Territories from c. 2001; also operator of the .cx ccTLD; ceased services 1 Mar 2017 (CHRISTMAS ISLAND DOMAIN ADMINISTRATION LIMITED (TRADING AS CHRISTMAS ISLAND INTERNET ADMINISTRATION LIMITED / CIIA), ACN 091 843 417).
Founded in Christmas Island (Australian Indian Ocean Territory).
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Name history
| Name | From | To |
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| Christmas Island Internet Administration |
Mar 2000 |
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Aliases
- CIIA
- Christmas Island Internet Administration Limited
- CIA
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
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| birth |
Mar 2000
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Established as a community-owned non-profit; purchased the assets of former ISP IOComm. |
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| birth |
Nov 2001
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Assumed the Cocos (Keeling) Islands ISP infrastructure (assets gifted by eNIC in 2005). |
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| death |
1 Mar 2017
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Ceased internet services; could not compete with the subsidised NBN; service taken over by Speedcast. |
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Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
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| outgoing |
split |
Speedcast
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Christmas Island service
Speedcast took over running Christmas Island's wireless/4G internet after CIIA ceased services on 1 Mar 2017 (interim Australian Government agreement, operating until Oct 2021. |
Mar 2017 |
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