improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2015 this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message freshtel holdings limited type public asx fre industry telecommunications founded january 2004 headquarters melbourne victoria key people rhonda o donnell ceo kenneth v loughnan chairman products voice over internet protocol service software and hardware number of employees 30 2009 1 website www.freshtelholdings.com freshtel holdings limited is an australian telephony company developing and marketing voice over ip products and services . freshtel holdings limited offers voip solutions to wholesale customers globally through its wholly owned subsidiaries voicedot and virbiage and has a direct to market retail channel through freshtel pty ltd. in december 2005 freshtel signed an agreement with tesco to provide a white label internet telephony solution for the uk market . 2 in late december 2005 tesco acquired a 6 % stake in freshtel 3 increased to 12 % in november 2006 . 4 due to significant losses on its uk activity including transfer costs which contributed over 70 % of revenue freshtel announced in february 2010 that an agreement had been reached with tesco to terminate the voip services it had provided . 5 in may 2010 freshtel announced that it had sold its uk operation for 150 000 . 6 structure edit the freshtel holdings business is structured into three separate channels and an internal research and development arm . each channel has its own brand and performs a different business function . virbiage is a manufacturer and distributor of voip hardware such as internet telephones and analogue telephone adaptors . virbiage retails these products through its own web site and through distribution agreements with international partners . voicedot networks formerly voicestream networks runs the internet telephone network used to route data for freshtel s customers . voicedot provides a wholesale version of the freshtel australia retail offering . both of these companies supply services to freshtel pty ltd the retail provider of these services . freshtel r & d undertakes all of freshtel s product research and development . freshtel r & d is currently part of the australian government r & d initiative citation needed . references edit freshtel holdings limited annual report 2009 . freshtel holdings limited . retrieved 2010 08 11 . tesco launches net call service . bbc news . 19 january 2006 . retrieved 2009 02 10 . uk tesco to take stake in freshtel . australian associated press . 29 december 2005 . retrieved 2009 02 10 . jenkins chris 22 november 2006 . freshtel finds every little helps . australian it . retrieved 2009 02 10 . freshtel restructures business and upgrades voip platform . freshtel holdings limited . retrieved 2010 08 09 . freshtel business update . freshtel holdings limited . 11 may 2010 . retrieved 9 august 2010 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title freshtel & oldid 686312427 categories voip companiestelecommunications companies of australiaholding companies of australiahidden categories orphaned articles from october 2015all orphaned articlesarticles needing additional references from february 2009all articles needing additional referencesuse dmy dates from january 2012use australian english from january 2012all wikipedia articles written in australian englishall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2009 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 18 october 2015 at 10 59 . 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