telecommunications founded 1986 as edcom headquarters sydney australia key people mr ian smith acting ceo products communications engineering outsourcing network management unified communications security business continuity contact centres number of employees more than 900 parent singtel optus slogan we make more possible website http www.alphawest.com.au alphawest is a singtel optus group company with its headquarters in sydney australia . it has an australia wide support organisation which specialises in ict systems development and provisioning and the associated managed services . history edit alphawest can trace its roots back to 1986 when edcom pty ltd commenced operations in perth specialising in sales and support of personal computers . 1 through a number of mergers and acquisitions alphawest was formed in 2003 and in 2004 was listed on the australian stock exchange as alphawest limited asx code alw . the company focused on hardware sales and maintenance network management and development of financial and document management systems . in july 2005 singtel optus announced it would acquire alphawest ltd. for a 25.9 million 2 and the buyout was completed in november 2005 . alphawest services pty ltd is formally owned by optus networks pty ltd. optus business division transferred a number of staff into alphawest and it is now a business unit within optus business closely aligned with optus business sales and service operations . references edit alphawest history . alphawest . 2008 12 15 . retrieved 2008 12 15 . singtel optus to buy it services provider alphawest . crn australia . 2005 07 22 . retrieved 2008 12 15 . external links edit alphawest official site now redirects to the optus business website . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alphawest & oldid 701487949 categories companies based in sydneytelecommunications companies of australiacompanies established in 1986optustechnology companies of australia1986 establishments in australia 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 24 january 2016 at 22 05 . 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