voc industry telecommunications founded 2008 headquarters sydney new south wales australia key people ceo geoff horth chairman david spence executive director vaughan bowen m2 founder products data centre ethernet dark fibre broadband services point of interconnect voip telephony unified communications submarine data cable subsidiaries eftel clubtelco iprimus dodo services amnet aanet commander australia nextgen networks planet netcom callplus slingshot engin orcon internet limited website www.vocus.com.au vocus communications is a national telecommunications company headquartered in sydney australia . founded as a business telecommunications provider vocus owns a significant fibre network across australia and new zealand . 1 vocus offers data network services like internet ethernet dark fibre ip wan unified communications and telephony and cloud 2 to mid large and corporate businesses direct and also acts as a wholesaler . 3 the company owns and operates 18 data centres across australia and new zealand and has an onshore network operations centre noc run by the engineers who built the network . 4 vocus merged with amcom in 2015 of fy14 and m2 group in 2016 . ahead of its au 3.75 billion merger 5 with m2 group which happened on 22 february 2016 it reported profits of au 62.25 m. 6 the merger made vocus australia s fourth largest telecommunications company with 471 000 subscribers . 7 the company also acquired nextgen networks for 861 million reported june 2016 and set to close by october 2016 . 8 this will allow vocus access to the nbn backhaul as well as infrastructure in northern australia serving the offshore gas projects . 8 contents 1 subsidiaries 2 history 2.1 vocus acquisitions 2.2 amcom acquisitions 3 references 4 external links subsidiaries edit eftel clubtelco iprimus dodo services amnet aanet macquarie telecom 16 % control 9 planet netcom callplus slingshot engin orcon internet limited commander australia nextgen networks history edit vocus was founded by james spenceley 9 in march 2008 . 10 in 2013 james spenceley came in at no 81 on the brw s young rich list after the business raised its annual revenue to 67 million . 11 two years later spenceley became one of the youngest australians in history to run a company worth more than 1 billion after vocus merged with perth based amcom . 12 amcom was founded in 1988 13 by andrew mclean to provide cabling services to cbd based corporations and institutions in perth . amcom acquired a telecommunications carrier licence in 1998 14 and began building a fibre optic network . in 2009 amcom won the best telecommunications company of the year 2009 australian telecommunications magazine . 15 in december 2014 the board of amcom approved the acquisition of the group by vocus for au 653 million . 16 in april 2015 rival tpg telecom increased its shareholder stake in amcom to 18.6 per cent in an attempt to block the merger . 17 tpg eventually built its stake to 19.9 per cent of amcom . 18 in response a campaign to persuade at least 75 per cent of shareholders to vote in favour of the merger was launched by both amcom and vocus . on june 15 2015 the merger went ahead after 77 percent of amcom shareholders voted in favour of the merger . in july 2015 the 1.2 billion merger between amcom and vocus was formally completed . 18 on june 29 2015 ceo clive stein resigned after a 16 year career with the company in order to make way for incoming vocus ceo james spenceley to takeover the combined group . 19 executive director and founder james spenceley and non executive directortony grist left the board of vocus in october 2016 after a failed leadership succession proposal . 20 vocus acquisitions edit vocus has made several acquisitions to extend its product and service offering . in 2014 vocus purchased a datacentre from asg group for 11.7 million . 21 in 2014 it also acquired bentley datacentre in perth from it solutions provider asg for 11.7 m. 22 the same year it acquired fx networks 23 a new zealand based fibre provider which services many of new zealand s major organisations including many government agencies telco carriers isps and enterprises . 24 in 2015 it acquired enterprise data corporation including two sydney and melbourne based datacentres for 23.5 million . 25 26 in 2015 vocus acquired sea me we 3 cable 27 increasing the company s investment in western australia . 28 amcom acquisitions edit in september 2005 amcom acquired the customers of perth internet service provider arachnet for a 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 . 29 in april 2007 amcom telecommunications completed the a 6.25 million acquisition of people telecom s perth based corporate services business . 30 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 . 31 in february 2010 amcom announced that it intended to acquire 100 % of the issued share capital of ip systems pty ltd an ip communications company delivering voice video and data solutions to australia and new zealand . 32 the 5.3 million acquisition was completed in may 2010 . 33 amcom bought out l7 solutions pty ltd in 2012 for aud 15 million . 34 this allowed amcom to expand its footprint in it integration managed services and consulting and additional of about 200 clients . 34 references edit vocus and amcom create largest trans tasman network infrastructure provider . arn . retrieved 2016 04 20 . t vocus amcom deal bears fruit check url value help . vocus launches nbn connect for partners . vocus expands auckland data centre operation . itnews . retrieved 2016 04 20 . stewart robb m. vocus m2 group plan merger wall street journal 27 september 2015 . accessed 3 february 2016 . vocus delivers hefty dividends . news . retrieved 2016 04 20 . vocus m2 profits rise in final months before merger . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 2016 04 20 . a b the juiciest opportunities from vocus 861m nextgen buy . itnews . retrieved 2016 10 12 . a b vocus m2 profits rise in final months before merger . sydney morning herald . 26 february 2016 . retrieved 26 february 2016 . http www.vocus.com.au our story keeble tim . hawks mean business new owner james spenceley . illawarra mercury . retrieved 2016 04 18 . james spenceley s next big challenge . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 2016 04 18 . amcom about investors board of directors . retrieved 2007 09 13 . wa industrial review march 2007 . archived from the original on 2007 08 30 . retrieved 2007 09 14 . australian telecom awards 2009 . retrieved 2010 05 17 . vocus amcom deal seen as positive . retrieved 2015 05 04 . tpg confirms amcom blocking stake . retrieved 2015 07 26 . a b amcom shareholders rise up to beat david teoh s tpg . retrieved 2015 07 26 . amcom ceo resigns . retrieved 2015 07 26 . vocus founder quits after leadership spill attempt . itnews . retrieved 2016 10 12 . asg group to sell data centre for 11.7 m . computerworld . retrieved 2016 04 18 . vocus spends 11.7 m to buy asg s perth data centre . itnews . retrieved 2016 04 18 . telecoms provider vocus buys nz fibre optic networks company fx networks . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 2016 04 18 . vocus fx what you need to know ... . new zealand reseller news . retrieved 2016 04 18 . vocus communications to buy edc data centres for 23.5 million . computerworld . retrieved 2016 04 18 . vocus splashes 23.5 m on two data centres . itnews . retrieved 2016 04 18 . vocus buys submarine cable capacity from telecom nz . computerworld . retrieved 2016 04 18 . vocus buys sea me we 3 undersea cable between perth and singapore . arn . retrieved 2016 04 18 . amcom snaps up arachnet for 1.6 m . retrieved 2007 09 14 . people telecom ltd buddecomm . archived from the original on 22 september 2007 . retrieved 2007 09 14 . amcom nabs people telecom s perth fibre . retrieved 2007 09 14 . itwire amcom moves into enterprise telephony buys ip systems . retrieved 2010 05 17 . amcom closes 5.3 m ip systems buy . retrieved 2015 07 26 . a b l7 solutions now amcom . www.amcom.com.au . retrieved 2015 05 04 . external links edit amcom telecommunications official website amcom amnet sub forum on whirlpool amcom amnet listing on broadband choice v t e internet service providers of australia economy of australia internet censorship current ausbbs amcom bigair connexus internet dreamtilt devoted nbn exetel m2 group clubtelco dodo services eftel iprimus nbnsp optus virgin broadband origin net skymesh telstra bigpond pacnet tpg telecom adam internet iinet internode westnet vodafone zettanet wholesale nbn tpg telecom aapt limited agile communications chime communications pipe networks nextgen networks origin net telstra wholesale former chariot connect.com.au grapevine neighbourhood cable netspace opel networks ozemail pacific internet pegasus networks people 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