articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2015 iconz webvisions type privately held company industry telecommunications founded 1992 headquarters auckland new zealand area served new zealand asia key people caledonian investments ltd owner albert wong group ceo andrew wong vp finance & corporate affairs chua teck joo chief technology officer kuah sok khim group marketing director products cloud computing co location and dedicated server hosting domain registration web hosting etc number of employees 200 website 1 the internet company of new zealand limited otherwise known as iconz is a new zealand hosting and internet service provider isp and was a pioneer in providing internet connections to residential new zealanders . since then iconz has expanded its product offering considerably . it now offers a broad range of it services . this includes connectivity cloud business continuity security voice colocation and managed services . iconz s competitors include spark orcon vodafone new zealand previously ihug and datacom as well as several mid sized vendors . iconz is now a part of the webvisions group of companies . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1992 iconz was founded as a small business by chris thorpe and jon clarke in clarke s garage . by 1994 iconz had grown and was one of only two companies providing internet solutions to the auckland and far north regions of new zealand 1 with 18 dial up lines and a 48k mdds circuit . in 1995 iconz hosted auckland.nz.undernet.org irc node setup which was significant step forward for new zealand global communications . 2 the undernet is now one of the largest internet relay chat irc networks . iconz was acquired by asiaonline in 1999 and moved from being a new zealand based isp to a pacific based isp . the branding was changed to asiaonline and it was given a new look . it joined a multinational company scattered around the pacific rim with offices in california hong kong the philippines china south korea india malaysia indonesia singapore australia and new zealand . asiaonline went into liquidation in november 2001 and the new zealand portion was sold to the spencer family who reinstated the iconz branding . under the leadership of michael spencer the operations acquired from asiaonline were merged with his existing isp business visp and e3 . the company centralised operations to iconz house in airedale street auckland . in 2003 iconz acquired new plymouth based webfarm and freeparking leading shared hosting providers in the new zealand market . in 2005 iconz acquired 2day . com a specialist windows hosting company based in auckland . in 2006 the spencer family made a significant investment in the pan asian hoster webvisions headquartered in singapore . in 2012 iconz completed a 100 % acquisition of webvisions and both companies operated as one entity i.e. iconz webvisions pte ltd. on 1 september 2015 the nz branch of iconz webvisions was re branded to iconz limited to separate itself from the webvisions brand . on 1 february 2016 iconz was bought was bought buy the new zealand based company plan b. plan b work with new zealand and international businesses to provide assurance that their data infrastructure and ability to work are protected from unexpected events . see also edit ispanz references edit simon lyall 2007 08 28 . internet access in new zealand . newsgroup nz.comp . retrieved 2007 04 20 . abley joe 2005 . notes from nznogs 05 history of peering session . wlug.org.nz mailing list . retrieved 2007 04 20 . external links edit iconz ltd iconz webvisions pte ltd webvisions pte ltd retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title iconz & oldid 744400274 categories internet service providers of new zealandinternet service providers of singaporehidden categories use dmy dates from october 2016orphaned articles from june 2015all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 23 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view