articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2015 mynetfone type public industry telecommunications internet service provider founded sydney australia 2004 headquarters sydney australia area served australia products residential voip phone plans business voice communications residental dsl internet plans business boardband phone hardware virtual bpx business phone systems nbn plans virtual fax digital lines sip trunking enhanced services special service numbers 13 1300 1800 meet me conferencing mytext sms number porting ip telecommunications website official website mynetfone australia pty ltd is part of the mnf group asx mnf that 1 2 owns and operates australia s largest voip network 3 4 which is also the 3rd largest interconnected voice network in the country . 5 mynetfone provides broadband internet and cloud based communication services to residential business and government sectors . 6 7 8 the mynetfone group encompasses multiple brands in the voice and data industry including ; callstream 9 connexus 10 pennytel 11 12 iboss 13 tnzi 14 oca openca softswitch 15 mynetfone retail and symbio networks . 3 16 17 18 foundation business of the mnf group mynetfone was founded in 2004 by co founders rene sugo ceo and andy fung nonexec . director & former ceo originally as a retail voip provider and diversified into the corporate market in 2008 . today mynetfone provides a full suite of corporate voice fax and data services including the proprietary virtual pbx phone system . 3 19 the company was first listed on the australian securities exchange 20 21 asx mnf in may 2006 . 22 23 the company was recently awarded forbes asia s best under a billion 2014 24 and australia s fastest growing asx listed telco business review weekly fast 100 2014 . 21 contents 1 company background 2 company history 3 awards 4 references 5 external links company background edit the company was founded in 2004 25 26 and employs around 120 staff across four states of australia . its headquarter are located in sydney nsw . 27 mynetfone is a provider of cloud based communication and internet services to business government and residential sectors . 28 the company owns and operates the largest voip voice over internet protocol network in australia 3 29 which is reported to carry more than 3 billion voice minutes annually 30 31 32 accounting for 10 % of total voice communications in australia . 5 mynetfone operates internationally as well supplying services to australia new zealand and singapore . 27 33 34 company history edit in 2004 mynetfone was co founded by rene sugo and andy fung . 25 in may 2006 it was listed on the australian securities exchange . 35 in august of the same year mynetfone expanded to provide services in new zealand and singapore . 36 mynetfone also announced in 2006 that they would offer combined voip and internet solutions for sme and business enterprise market . 37 in september 2006 mynetfone acquired a new subsidiary board ip pty limited . this was the mynetfone s first acquisition . 33 in 2007 mynetfone again announced new services . the first was a mobile voip service called mnf on the go 38 which expended to include smartphone apps and mobile voip software . 39 the second service announced in 2007 was a call redirect feature called follow me which can redirect incoming calls to any landline or mobile number in the world . 40 in may 2008 mynetfone launched the virtual pbx a hosted ip pbx services for the sme market . 41 they also began offering a sip session initiation protocol service 42 and a voip only phone system . 43 in august 2011 mynetfone acquired symbio networks australia s largest voip wholesale provider 3 in may 2012 mynetfone was certified by australia s national broadband network nbn to provide services to consumers and businesses and launched several nbn plans . 44 45 the nbn is an australian government internet initiative which aims to provide the nation with greater coverage and faster streaming internet through the development of fibre optic cabling and satellite services . 46 in july 2012 mynetfone was selected by the tasmanian government to provide its telephony services . 47 at the time no other australian government had begun using voip services for their communications . 48 in november 2012 mynetfone acquired callstream a company focused on inbound calls 49 as well as connexus a business internet service provider . 50 51 also in 2012 mynetfone entered an agreement to acquire the network and wholesale business of gotalk a sydney based voice carrier 34 52 pennytel and ivoisys two sydney based voip resellers were acquired by mynetfone in october 2013 12 53 followed by iboss a billing operations provisioning and central management system acquired in 2014 . 53 54 55 in 2015 the company expanded in new zealand acquiring tnzi for nz 22.4 million . later that year the company rebranded as it become a large and sophisticated group trading under multiple brand names in a global market and changed its name to mnf group giving recognition to the original heritage of my net fone . 1 for the first half of financial year 2016 mnf group reported revenues of au 83.98 million and net profits of au 4 million . 1 awards edit forbes asia s best under a billion 2014 24 australia s fastest growing asx listed telco business review weekly fast 100 2014 21 cebit award for outstanding project 2013 winner 56 57 deloitte technology fast 50 australia awards 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 58 59 60 deloitte technology fast 500 asia pacific awards 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 61 62 brw fast starters 2008 63 2009 64 2010 65 city of sydney business awards 2009 winner information & communication technology category 66 money magazine best of the best awards 2007 gold winner best voip plan business user 67 money magazine best of the best awards 2007 silver winner best voip plan residential user 67 pc user product of the year 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