Primus Telecommunications Australia inactive
Australian arm of US PTGi; among the first carriers licensed at full deregulation in July 1997 (entered via Axicorp 1996); ran its own fibre in the five capitals; launched the iPrimus consumer brand 1999; acquired by M2 Group (June 2012), later part of Vocus. Acquired Imagineering's data centre business (2008) (PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LIMITED, ACN 071 191 396).
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Primus Telecommunications Australia | 1997 |
Aliases
- Primus Telecom
- Primus Telecommunications (Australia) Pty Ltd
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 1997 | One of the first carriers licensed when competition opened in Australia (1 July 1997); entered via Axicorp 1996. | |
| death | Jun 2012 | Acquired by M2 Group for A$192.4m (announced 16 Apr 2012, completed 1 Jun 2012); M2 merged into Vocus 2016. |
Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | acquisition | Eclipse Telecommunications | Primus Telecommunications Group acquired Eclipse Telecommunications (announced 6 Apr 1998, ~$2.5m; became Primus data division. | Apr 1998 | news |
| outgoing | split | iPrimus | consumer ISP brand Primus Telecom launched the iPrimus consumer brand (1999 while retaining the Primus brand for business. |
1999 | wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | AOL Australia | AOL|7 JV sold; AOL brand licensed to Primus AOL, Seven Network and AAPT sold the three-way AOL|7 joint venture to Primus Telecommunications for just over $23m; Primus took an exclusive licence to operate the AOL-branded ISP in Australia (~90,000 subscribers transferred per Summit Internet history. AAPT received $7.5m for its one-third stake and took sole management of ~48,000 smartchat dial-up/broadband customers back in-house; Seven received more than $23m cash including its i7 investment. AOL|7 was formed Oct 2001 from equal thirds of AOL, Seven (merging its i7 portal and AAPT, which had itself become AOL's 50/50 JV partner in Mar 2000 after taking over Bertelsmann's stake. |
Feb 2004 | news news wikipedia |
| incoming | acquisition | Imagineering Technologies | Primus Telecommunications (Australia acquired Imagineering's data centre/hosting business (press release 8 Sep 2008. The Imagineering Data Centre name continued as a Primus business name until Jan 2021. Chain continues: Primus Australia -> M2 Group (2012 -> Vocus (2016. | Sep 2008 | news gov |