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Comindico inactive

Australia's first IP convergent voice and data carrier, founded 2000; investors AGL, AMP, Consolidated Press Holdings (Packer), JP Morgan, Queensland Press; spent ~$400M (incl. $175M Cisco vendor financing); voluntary administration 23 Sep 2004; receiver McGrathNicol appointed by Cisco 25 Sep 2004 (COMINDICO AUSTRALIA PTY. LIMITED, ACN 092 630 852).

Founded in Sydney, NSW. https://comindico.com.au

Name history

NameFromTo
Comindico 2000

Lifecycle

KindDateDetailsRefs
birth 2000 Founded in 2000 as Australia's first IP convergent voice and data carrier.
death Sep 2004 Voluntary administration 23 Sep 2004; Cisco-appointed receivers (McGrathNicol) 25 Sep 2004.
note Oct 2004 approx Network and IP-carrier assets acquired from the receivers by SP Telemedia (Soul Communications, Washington H Soul Pattinson group) in late 2004; SP Telemedia later merged into TPG.

Transitions

DirectionTypeOther partyArm / notesYearRefs
outgoing acquisition SOUL assets & business
SP Telemedia (SPTCom Pty Ltd acquired Comindico assets from receivers McGrathNicol for $27.5M; renamed SOULCom; SP Telemedia rebranded as SOUL.
1 Dec 2004 news wikipedia

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