Eftel inactive
Telco (Datafast Telecommunications Ltd, ACN 073 238 178; ex-Goldminco NL, renamed Datafast Telecom 1999) that grew by acquisitions as the Eftel ISP brand from 2000; took over Vivanet (2001); legally renamed EFTel Ltd 15 Dec 2005; ClubTelco reverse takeover 2011; acquired by M2 Group 2013, business unit closed 2022.
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Datafast Telecommunications | 15 Mar 1996 | 15 Dec 2005 |
| Eftel | 1999 | Jun 2013 |
Aliases
- Datafast Telecommunications Ltd
- Goldminco NL
- Datafast
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 15 Mar 1996 | Incorporated (Goldminco NL); renamed Datafast Telecommunications 5 Oct 1999; the Eftel ISP brand was used from 2000 (Perth); legally renamed EFTel Ltd 15 Dec 2005. | |
| note | 1999-2005 approx | The two names[] rows overlap in date range: the Eftel brand (in use from 2000) predates the 15 Dec 2005 legal rename of Datafast Telecommunications Ltd (same ACN 073 238 178). | |
| death | Jun 2013 | Reverse takeover by ClubTelco 2011 (ClubTelco interests took 75.6% of the listed shell); delisted 14 Jun 2013 (M2 acquisition, ~A$44.1m); business unit closed 2022. | official |
Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | acquisition | Internet Express | 100% Internet Express (Perth acquired/merged into EFTel. |
May 2000 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | Network Technology | Network Technology (Morwell/Gippsland, Phillip Britt's regional ISP, 10k customers sold to Datafast Telecommunications Ltd (later EFTel June 2000; Britt held 2.84% of Datafast (share register 14 Jul 2000. | Jun 2000 | official |
| incoming | acquisition | Q-NET Australia | 100% Q-Net Australia acquired/merged into EFTel. |
May 2000 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | space.net | 100% space.net (Perth acquired/merged into EFTel. |
May 2000 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | Tower.Net | 100% Tower.Net (STAR Online Services acquired/merged into EFTel. |
May 2000 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | Paradox Digital | Absorbed by Eftel (via Fleet Broadband/Datafast. | 2001 | archive |
| incoming | acquisition | VivaNET | 100% Vivanet delisted; taken over by Datafast Telecommunications (later EFTel. |
Jul 2001 | official |
| incoming | acquisition | Fleet Broadband | 100% Datafast/Eftel took Fleet Broadband as a partly-owned subsidiary; rebranded DFT Wholesale Internet. |
c. 2002 | wikipedia official |
| incoming | acquisition | Vision Internet Services | 100% Vision Internet Services (Launceston acquired by EFTel. |
by 23 May 2002 | wikipedia archive web |
| incoming | acquisition | EZWeb | 100% EZWeb absorbed into EFTel. |
late 2003 | wikipedia wayback-redirect |
| incoming | acquisition | Impaq | Datafast Telecommunications acquired Impaq in late 2003 (alongside KeyPoint and EZ Web; Datafast renamed EFTel Ltd Dec 2005. | late 2003 | wikipedia news |
| incoming | acquisition | Keypoint | 100% Datafast acquired KeyPoint (with EZ Web and Impaq; Datafast renamed EFTel 2005. renamed Eftel 2005. via Datafast. |
late 2003 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | SouthWest Internet Systems | 100% SouthWest Internet Systems (Mandurah absorbed by EFTel. |
by 2 Feb 2003 | wikipedia archive |
| incoming | acquisition | Affinity Internet | Datafast Telecommunications acquired Affinity Internet (9 Nov 2004, 12,000 Melbourne accounts; Datafast renamed EFTel Ltd Dec 2005. | Nov 2004 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Bigfoot Internet | 100% Datafast (later EFTel acquired Bigfoot Internet's business and customer base. |
Nov 2004 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Ozzienet | Datafast Telecommunications acquired Bunbury ISP OzzieNet (ozzienet in Jun 2004; Datafast renamed EFTel Ltd Dec 2005. | Jun 2004 | wikipedia news |
| incoming | acquisition | Planet Netcomm | 100% Datafast Telecommunications Ltd (later EFTel announced agreement to acquire NSW ISP Planet Netcom (15,000 accounts 17 Feb 2004; finalised end Mar 2004. |
Feb 2004 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Big.net.au | Absorbed by Eftel. | 2005 | archive archive wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | Hotlinks Internet Services | 100% Hotlinks acquired by EFTel (-> TPG. |
by Feb 2005 | wikipedia archive archive |
| incoming | acquisition | Lexicon Internet Services | 100% Lexicon Internet (and CorpLink absorbed into EFTel. |
by Feb 2005 | wikipedia wayback-redirect wayback-redirect |
| incoming | acquisition | Myaccess | 100% Myaccess customers/services moved to EFTel. |
2005 | wikipedia news |
| incoming | acquisition | Vianet Australia | 100% Vianet acquired by Eftel. |
2005 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | aaNet | 100% aaNet acquired by Eftel. |
2006 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | Ace Online | 100% Ace Online acquired by EFTel (17 Jul 2006; part of EFTel's ISP shopping spree. |
Jul 2006 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | CybaNet Internet Services | 100% CybaNet domain/customers folded into EFTel. |
Aug 2006 | wikipedia archive archive |
| incoming | acquisition | Instant Communications | 100% Instant Communications absorbed by EFTel. |
by Dec 2006 | wikipedia archive archive |
| incoming | acquisition | SubNet Internet Services | SubNet folded into EFTel — sub.net.au 302 to w3.eftel.com by 4 Aug 2006. | by Aug 2006 | archive |
| incoming | acquisition | Concept Networks | 100% Concept Networks taken over by Eftel; LetsGo services migrated to Eftel. |
8 Sep 2008 | wikipedia news news asx |
| incoming | acquisition | Eezi.Net | Eezi.Net joined EFTel — eezi.net.au 302 to w3.eftel.com.au by 16 Sep 2010. | by Sep 2010 | archive |
| incoming | acquisition | ClubTelco | reverse takeover ClubTelco completed a reverse takeover of ASX-listed EFTel (ClubTelco interests 75.6% of merged entity. |
2011 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | Crystal Internet Services | 100% Crystal Internet Services absorbed by EFTel. |
c.2011 | wikipedia archive archive gov |
| incoming | acquisition | Platform Networks | 100% EFTel acquired wholesale aggregator Platform Networks (Aug 2011; brought 80 wholesale customers. |
Aug 2011 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | Engin | 100% EFTel acquired Engin from Seven Group (24 Sep 2012, A$9.1m; 85,000 VoIP services. |
Sep 2012 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | Visage Telecom | 100% EFTel acquired Sydney small-business voice/ISP provider Visage Telecom (announced 6 Aug 2012 for $450k. |
Aug 2012 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | West Australian Networks | 100% EFTel acquired West Australian Networks (trading as 'Westnet' on westnet.net.au; ~1,500 customers transferred from 2 Jul 2012, incl. the westnet.net.au domain. |
Jul 2012 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Dragnet | customer base Eftel bought the Dragnet customer base (dialup, ADSL, domains, webhosting; satellite business kept separate. by 8 Feb 2013. |
early 2013 | wikipedia archive |
| outgoing | acquisition | M2 Group | 100% M2 acquired Eftel for ~A$44.1m. |
2013 | news |
References
- Wikipedia: Eftel [wikipedia] Wayback