Vocus active
Business and wholesale telco; grew via acquisitions into a major ISP/backbone player (VOCUS GROUP LIMITED, ACN 084 115 499).
Name history
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Vocus | 2008 |
Lifecycle
| Kind | Date | Details | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 2008 | Vocus Communications founded. | |
| note | 23 Jul 2021 | ASX-listed (VOC) from 1999 (as First Wine Fund, renamed Vocus Communications 2010, Vocus Group 2017); taken private 23 Jul 2021 via scheme of arrangement (Macquarie Infrastructure/PSP Investments consortium, $5.50/share). | official |
Transitions
| Direction | Type | Other party | Arm / notes | Year | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | acquisition | Digital River Networks | dark fibre assets Vocus acquired Digital River's dark-fibre assets + metro-Ethernet contracts for $3.95m (announced 8 Apr 2011. |
Apr 2011 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Maxnet | 100% |
2012 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Ipera Communications | 100% |
2013 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Amcom Telecommunications | 100% |
2014 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | AsiaPAC Communications | Vocus Communications bought the businesses+customers 6-7 May 2014 (~$147k, ~50k customers, joint deal with iBOSS and One Telecom. | May 2014 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Conec2 | iBoss/One Telecom arms iBoss + One Telecom (50,000 customers, ex-ispONE retail sold to Vocus after Swindells/Adams court deadlock; Conec2 entered administration on the remaining debts. |
May 2014 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | FX Network | 100% |
2014 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | iBOSS International | Joint acquisition with AsiaPAC Communications and One Telecom by Vocus, 6-7 May 2014 (see AsiaPAC. | May 2014 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | One Telecom | Joint acquisition with AsiaPAC Communications and iBOSS International by Vocus, 6-7 May 2014 (see AsiaPAC. Not One.Tel. | May 2014 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | FirstPath | 100% |
2016 | news |
| incoming | merger | M2 Group | M2 arm M2 Group merged with Vocus to form Vocus Group. |
2016 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Nextgen Networks | 100% |
2016 | news |
| incoming | acquisition | Challenge Networks | 100% |
2023 | news |
| incoming | split | TPG Telecom | enterprise/wholesale Vocus acquired TPG Telecom's Enterprise, Government & Wholesale (EG&W fixed business incl. AAPT Wholesale for A$5.25bn. |
Jul 2025 | news |