Amcom Telecommunications

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Amcom Telecommunications Limited
Type Public (ASX:AMM)
Founded 1988[1]
Headquarters Flag of Australia Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Key people Flag of Australia Mr Clive Stein, Managing Director & CEO
Industry Telecommunications
Website amcom.com.au

Amcom Telecommunications Limited (ASX:AMM) also known as Amnet[2] is a Perth, Western Australian based telecommunications company.

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[edit] History

Amcom was founded in 1988[1] by Mr Andrew Mclean to provide cabling services to CBD based corporations and institutions in Perth. Amcom acquired a telecommunications carrier licence in 1998[3] and begun building a fibre optic network.

[edit] Acquisition of Arachnet

In September 2005, Amcom acquired local Perth based Internet service provider Arachnet, which it purchased for AU$1.6 million adding 5,200 broadband and 2,100 dial-up customers to their user base, increasing Amcom's total broadband numbers to 7,500.[4]

[edit] Acquisition of People Telecom's Perth corporate services business

In April 2007 Amcom Telecommunications completed the AU$6.25 million acquisition of People Telecom’s Perth-based corporate services business.[5] The acquired assets include a client base using fibre and DSL-based broadband services and a large datacentre facility with some 600 square metres of space.[6]

[edit] Products & Services

Amcom Telecommunications limited provides broadband, telephony, fibre and colocation services to consumers and business customers.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b amcom- ABOUT - Investors - Board of Directors. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  2. ^ amcom- ABOUT. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
  3. ^ WA Industrial Review - March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
  4. ^ Amcom snaps up Arachnet for $1.6m. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
  5. ^ People Telecom Ltd - BuddeComm. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
  6. ^ Amcom nabs People Telecom's Perth fibre. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.

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