please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message bigair group limited type public traded as asx bgl industry telecommunications founded sydney new south wales 2002 headquarters sydney new south wales area served australia key people jason ashton ceo paul tyler chairman charles chapman cfo aidan mountford coo products fixed wireless internet access managed access voip revenue 41.7 m aud 2014 1 26.2 m aud 1h2015 2 number of employees 220 2015 slogan an even better way to connect . website www.bigair.com.au bigair is a telecommunications company in australia listed on the australian stock exchange asx . bigair manages one of the largest metropolitan fixed wireless networks in australia . they provide an alternative to the australian terrestrial networks including dsl and the national broadband network with symmetric internet access services at speeds up to 1gbit s using wimax technology . a branch of the company ; bigair community broadband manages residential style internet services provided to student accommodation and mining camps across australia . 3 contents 1 acquisition history 2 products 2.1 bigair fixed wireless 2.2 bigair community broadband 2.3 wireless hotspots 3 see also 4 references 5 external links acquisition history edit in june 2006 bigair acquired customers who used the iburst technology from t3 wireless a subsidiary of pacific internet . 4 the iburst business was shut down in 2009 . 5 in april 2010 bigair acquired wizz communications . the acquisition of this wholesale fixed wireless point to point business gave bigair new base stations in the major cities . in july 2010 bigair announced it had acquired the assets and customer base of the wholesale broadband division of star tech communications . 6 in january 2011 bigair acquired clever communications located in melbourne australia . 7 also in january 2011 bigair announced its acquisition of accessplus . accessplus provided managed internet services to tertiary student accommodation at more than 20 sites across australia . the investment by bigair was 5 million . 8 in may 2012 bigair acquired wireless broadband and student accommodation internet provider allegro for 7.5 million and an additional sum of up to 3 million depending on the revenue from allegro in the 2013 financial year ; expected to be between 5 6 million . this extends the existing bigair network in qld and adds gladstone and mackay to the areas of coverage as well as allowing bigair to make use of allegro s existing 3.5 ghz spectrum allocation for wimax services . 9 in august 2013 bigair purchased perth based telecommunications provider intelligent ip communications iipc for 10 million with an additional sum of up to 10 million based on the performance of iipc in 2014 and 2015 financial years . this secured bigair 550 new customers including remote australian mining site customers and contracts as well as an established voice and video communications platform deployed by iipc australia wide . 10 11 12 products edit bigair fixed wireless edit the bigair fixed wireless service is positioned as an alternative or backup solution for traditional fixed line copper and fibre optic services which is characterized by the ability to offer services speeds from 1 mbit s to 1 gbit s with a reduced deployment time compared to traditional fixed line services due to removal of the lengthy times normally involved with trenching cables . 13 bigair community broadband edit bigair community broadband was formed from the acquisition of both startech communications and accessplus in 2010 and 2011 and leverages existing bigair fixed wireless infrastructure to service multi tenanted properties including mining camps 14 retirement villages and higher education student housing providers including clv 15 unilodge 16 and urbanest 17 covering 30 000 rooms 10 wireless hotspots edit bigair also manages a number of free access wireless hotspot networks in australia . the public locations covered provide services to shopping centers 18 council libraries 19 and caravan parks 20 retail store chains and pop up services for temporary events festivals and sporting events . 21 see also edit list of voip companies references edit bigair annual report fy14 . bigair . 20 november 2014 . investor presentation 1h15 results pdf . asx . 19 november 2014 . accessplus has evolved into bigair community broadband . bigair group limited . retrieved 22 may 2012 . bigair acquires iburst customers . computerworld . 8 june 2006 . retrieved 21 august 2011 . tim lohman 16 march 2010 . bigair touts wireless market opportunities . computerworld . retrieved 21 august 2011 . staff arn 5 july 2010 . bigair acquires star tech communications division . idg communications idg.com.au . televski julia 25 january 2011 . bigair moves in on clever buy . idg communications idg.com.au . staff arn 6 january 2011 . bigair acquires accessplus . idg communications idg.com.au . tindal suzanne . bigair acquires qld wireless carrier . zdnet . retrieved 22 may 2012 . a b philipson graeme 7 august 2013 . bigair acquires iipc for 20 million . itwire . iipc has more than 550 customers including ... mining retail franchising tourism manufacturing and service industries binning david 6 august 2013 . bigair buys big in wa . crn . talevski julia 6 august 2013 . bigair buys intelligent ip communications . idg communications pty ltd. bigair no digging . no delay . . retrieved 20 feb 2015 . case study woodie woodie remote mining operation pdf . iipc . retrieved 20 feb 2015 . unsw village optional fees . retrieved 20 feb 2015 . unilodge on swanston faq s . retrieved 20 feb 2015 . urbanest information for parents . retrieved 20 feb 2015 . binning david 22 jan 2013 . does free wi fi have a future . noosa library service wireless internet . retrieved 20 feb 2015 . free wifi for the sunshine coast . 14 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