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iiNet was founded in 1993 by Michael Malone and Michael O'Reilly, who started the business in a suburban garage in Perth as iiNet Technologies. It began as one of the first Australian ISPs to offer TCP/IP Internet access [citation needed], as opposed to the store-and-forward techniques (such as MHSnet) that were then in use at other ISPs.
Michael Malone and Michael O'Reilly founded iiNet in 1993, starting the business in a suburban garage in Perth, Western Australia as iiNet Technologies Pty Ltd. It began as one of the first Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to offer TCP/IP Internet access, as opposed to the store-and-forward techniques (such as MHSnet ) that were ...
TPG Telecom is the parent company of several Australian internet retail brands including Vodafone, TPG, iiNet, AAPT, Internode, Lebara and felix. TPG Telecom owns and operates nationwide fixed and mobile network infrastructure, including Australia's second-largest fixed voice and data network, with more than 27,000 kilometres of metropolitan ...
The peering fabric first existed informally as links between "Wantree Internet" and "Omen Internet" to iiNet.WAIX was formalised as an initiative by the then Western Australian Internet Association (which became the Internet Association of Australia) after a presentation by Andrew Khoo on his similar work in Sydney and Melbourne to create multi-lateral peering fabrics in both cities.
On 13 March 2015, TPG advised of its intent to take over Australia's third Largest ISP iiNet at A$8.60 per share, giving a value of $1.4 billion. [17] TPG offered $8.60 per iiNet share, on top of the entitlement to the already-declared 10.5-cent interim dividend, valuing iiNet at about 21 times its underlying net profit for 2014.
PIPE Networks (also known as PIPE) is an Australian telecommunications company, based in Brisbane, Queensland.It is a subsidiary of TPG Telecom. Its primary business is setting up peering exchanges.
On 22 December 2011, Western Australian based internet service provider iiNet announced the acquisition of Internode in a deal worth $105 million. [3] In May 2012, [4] it was announced that Simon Hackett's role would change from being the managing director of Internode to become a non-executive board member for iiNet. At the same time several ...
ihug originally stood for Internet Home Users Group, even though the name was seldom used. It was also known as The Internet Group or 'TIG' in Australia. ihug was sold to iiNet in 2003 before being sold to Vodafone in 2006 after interest from then Television New Zealand subsidiary THL and competitor Orcon.