PSINet Australia inactive
PSINet Inc's Australian operation (rebrand of Zircon/Internet Plus, from ~2000; IP network carrier, managed hosting, ~650 corporate/SME clients); PSINet Inc filed Chapter 11 31 May 2001; AU assets sold to National Telecoms Group (2002) (ZIRCON SYSTEMS PTY LIMITED (FORMERLY PSINET AUSTRALIA PTY LTD), ACN 003 233 421).
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| PSINet Australia | 1999 |
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 1999 | PSINet acquired Zircon; rebranded as PSINet Australia ~2000. NOTE: unrelated to 'PSInet' of Perth, a local computer support firm founded Jan 1992 by Mark Siena that became the 5th Perth ISP and sold its ISP operations to iiNet c.1999. | |
| death | Jun 2002 | AU assets sold to National Telecoms Group (<$1M, reported 5 Jun 2002). |
Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | acquisition | Zircon Systems | 100% PSINet Inc acquired Zircon Systems (announced 26 Oct 1999; rebranded PSINet Australia. |
Oct 1999 | news |
| outgoing | acquisition | National Telecoms Group | 100% National Telecoms Group took over PSINet Australia's assets; Zircon Systems (formerly PSINet Australia traded on as an NTG subsidiary until Nexon acquired its customers and support infrastructure in 2003. |
Jun 2002 | news news |