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www.iprimus.com.au iprimus is an australian telecommunications company and wholly owned subsidiary of vocus communications . the company is based in melbourne australia . iprimus primarily focuses on fixed mobile and broadband services . primus telecom was the first telecommunications carrier to receive a licence when full deregulation and competition was introduced in australia in 1997 and has network facilities across australia . primus operates its own fibre network in the five major capital cities ; sydney melbourne brisbane adelaide and perth . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 market entry 1997 1999 1.2 primus growth 2000 2003 1.3 industry consolidation 2004 2008 1.4 acquisition of iprimus 2012 present 2 residential products 2.1 broadband 2.2 fixed line and mobile 2.3 other services 3 business products 3.1 internet & data 3.2 voice 4 awards 5 internet censorship 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit market entry 1997 1999 edit primus originally entered the australian telecommunications market in 1996 by acquiring australia s fourth largest telecommunications service provider axicorp . 3 primus telecom was one of the first carriers to be granted a telecommunications licence in 1997 . 4 prior to this australia s telecommunications industry was operated as a duopoly between the former australian government owned telecom australia later re branded telstra and optus before the market was opened to full competition in july 1997 . 5 1998 saw primus expand their operations further in australia with the acquisition of eclipse telecommunications pty. ltd. 6 and hotkey internet services pty limited . 7 in 1999 primus parent company primus telecommunications inc. purchased the retail operations of telegroup inc. a long distance telephone company based in fairfield iowa who was in chapter 11 bankruptcy . 8 9 this acquisition included the australian subsidiary of telegroup which allowed primus to improve their capabilities in the australian market . 10 1999 was also the year primus australia s u.s parent company launched the iprimus brand to spearhead the organisations strategy of aggressively gaining retail market share by offering one stop shopping for bundled voice data internet and cellular services . 11 primus growth 2000 2003 edit during the period from 2000 2003 primus achieved some significant growth . they were one of many telco providers to benefit from the collapse of one.tel by actively pursuing those customers left in a lurch . 12 they used this inertia to grow their customer base to approximately 750 000 retail customers including over 400 000 internet customers by 2003 . 13 industry consolidation 2004 2008 edit in february 2004 aol 7 was purchased by primus telecom . this acquisition added approximately 90 000 customers to primus existing residential iprimus customer base . 14 primus acquisition would coincide with much industry consolidation as competitor telstra purchased a 50 % stake in mobile provider hutchison 3g for a 450 million kaz group for a 333 million and damovo for a 64 million citation needed . meanwhile competitor optus purchased uecomm for a 227 million a 50.8 % stake in alphawest and a 50 million for remaining 74 % of virgin mobile australia citation needed . in early 2007 primus sold planetdomain to netregistry for over a 8 million . 15 in late 2008 primus acquired imagineering data centre a melbourne based hosting and colocation provider . 16 acquisition of iprimus 2012 present edit on 16 april 2012 it was announced that primus telecom would be purchased by m2 group in preparation for the national broadband network . primus telecom was acquired by m2 on 1 june 2012 for 192 million . 17 in 2012 iprimus in conjunction with hungry jacks launched a free wi fi service in 348 stores as part of a 6 million contract with hungry jacks parent company competitive foods australia . 18 residential products edit broadband edit iprimus is one of australia s largest telecommunications carriers and offers high speed broadband through adsl and adsl2 as well as nakeddsl and 3g mobile broadband . primus s dslam network is one of the largest in australia with more than 66 exchanges . 19 fixed line and mobile edit the iprimus mobile network is a virtual network operator and uses the optus network with 2g and 3g capabilities . primus telecom also offers a range of home phone and voip services . other services edit iprimus also offers add on services including anti virus and anti spam filtering dial up internet connection webfilter proxy global roaming and wireless hotspot access . tivo is available to iprimus broadband customers . business products edit internet & data edit iprimus offers business services including adsl adsl2 shdsl 20 ftth mobile broadband 21 and a variety of internet services including private ip networks domain names & web hosting cloud computing virtual hosting dedicated hosting co location and managed services . mobility services by primus telecom have recently included blackberry solutions 22 and dedicated mobile business plans . voice edit primus telecom services include pstn isdn sip trunks hosted ip phone systems inbound 1300 1800 intelligent network . primus accella operates as the business voice service for primus telecom and is a business grade hosted communications solution . 23 awards edit year award description organisation reference 2012 1 home phone provider best home phone provider based upon customer satisfaction in the month of february 2012 . roy morgan 24 2012 1 home phone provider best home phone provider based upon customer satisfaction in the month of march 2012 . roy morgan 25 2012 1 home phone provider best home phone provider based upon customer satisfaction in the month of april 2012 . roy morgan 26 2012 best home broadband 20gb best home broadband for the 20gb category yourmoney magazine 27 internet censorship edit primus is a participant in the controversial internet censorship trials . 28 see also edit m2 group broadband internet access australia group of four australia references edit m2 acquisition of iprimus press release . herald sun . iprimus about us press release . iprimus . retrieved 17 august 2012 . primus telecommunications acquires axicorp australia s fourth largest telecommunications service provider . pr newswire . 25 march 1996 . retrieved 9 september 2010 . primus awarded full carrier license in australia expects equal access to begin in july 1997 . pr newswire . 9 july 1997 . retrieved 9 september 2010 . gain insight in to australia telecommunications market . business wire . 23 february 2007 . retrieved 14 september 2010 . primus acquires data communications service provider . pr newswire . 6 april 1998 . retrieved 9 september 2010 . hotkey history . hotkey . retrieved 9 september 2010 . primus to buy some assets of telegroup . wall street journal . 31 may 1999 . p. 8 . company news ; primus telecommunications buying telegroup assets . ny times . 29 march 1999 . retrieved 10 september 2010 . telegroup inc. announces sale of certain australian subsidiaries which had been placed in administration press release . new york business wire . 11 march 1999 . primus launches iprimus.com to attack global internet data market . prnewswire . 24 may 1999 . retrieved 15 september 2010 . ombudsman advises one.tel customers to make reasoned decisions press release . telecommunications industry ombudsman . 7 june 2001 . retrieved 15 september 2010 . primus telecom reports record first quarter 2003 profit of a 10.7 million press release . business wire . 5 may 2003 . retrieved 16 september 2010 . primus telecommunications to acquire the internet service and interactive media businesses from the shareholders of aol 7 and to license the aol brand in australia . business wire . 11 february 2005 . retrieved 12 september 2010 . netregistry acquires planetdomain press release . netregistry . 19 february 2007 . retrieved 16 september 2010 . imagineering data centre company information press release . imagineering . 8 september 2008 . retrieved 2 january 2011 . m2 acquisition of iprimus press release . herald sun . 16 april 2012 . retrieved 17 august 2012 . iprimus to power hungry jacks wifi press release . 27 march 2012 . retrieved 17 august 2012 . primus mobile business shdsl business speedster iprimus blackberry business solutions primus accella business solutions 1 2 roy morgan april 2012 results iprimus mobilebb pilot to assess technical feasibility of isp filtering external links edit iprimus m2 group 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 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