Telstra active
Australia's largest telco. Consumer internet was run under the BigPond brand from 1997 until ~2015 (TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED, ACN 051 775 556).
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Telstra | 1975 |
Aliases
- PMG
- Telecom Australia
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| note | Jul 1975 approx | Telecom operations split from the Postmaster-General's Department (est. 1 Jan 1901 at Federation, running postal + telephone + telegraph nationally); disaggregated into the Australian Telecommunications Commission (Telecom Australia) and the Australian Postal Commission (Australia Post). The PMG itself was abolished Dec 1975. | wikipedia |
| birth | 1975 | Established as Australian Telecommunications Commission (Telecom Australia); renamed Telstra 1993/95. |
Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | acquisition | On Australia | 100% Telstra bought Microsoft's 50% shareholding in the On Australia JV (Mar 1996, assuming 100% control of the entity's equity and of Internet access; the entity continued as the vehicle for the 'Telstra Big Pond' brand until its ABN was cancelled 6 Aug 2004. |
Mar 1996 | news official |
| incoming | acquisition | Hawknet | Absorbed by Telstra BigPond. | 2006 | archive |
| incoming | acquisition | Pacnet | 100% Pacnet acquired by Telstra. |
2015 | wikipedia |
References
- Wikipedia: Telstra [wikipedia] Wayback
- ABR: TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED ACN 051 775 556 [gov] Wayback