- Amcom Telecommunications
Infobox_Company
company_name = Amcom Telecommunications Limited
company_
company_type = Public (asx|AMM)
foundation =1988 cite web|url=http://www.amcom.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=36|title=amcom- ABOUT - Investors - Board of Directors|accessdate=2007-09-13]
industry =Telecommunications
location = flagicon|AUS Perth,Western Australia ,Australia
key_people = flagicon|AUS Mr Clive Stein,Managing Director & CEO
homepage = [http://www.amcom.com.au amcom.com.au]Amcom Telecommunications Limited (asx|AMM) also known as Amnetcite web|url=http://www.amcom.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=2|title=amcom- ABOUT|accessdate=2007-09-13] is a Perth,
Western Australia n based telecommunications company.History
Amcom was founded in
1988 by Mr Andrew Mclean to provide cabling services to CBD based corporations and institutions in Perth. Amcom acquired a telecommunications carrier licence in1998 cite web|url=http://www.amcom.com.au/getfile.aspx?Type=document&ID=637&ObjectType=3&ObjectID=1193|title=WA Industrial Review - March 2007|accessdate=2007-09-14] and begun building a fibre optic network.Acquisition of Arachnet
In
September 2005 , Amcom acquired local Perth basedInternet service provider Arachnet, which it purchased for AU$1.6 million adding 5,200broadband and 2,100dial-up customers to their user base, increasing Amcom's total broadband numbers to 7,500.cite web|url=http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm?id=1537|title=Amcom snaps up Arachnet for $1.6m|accessdate=2007-09-14]Acquisition of People Telecom's Perth corporate services business
In
April 2007 Amcom Telecommunications completed the AU$6.25 millionacquisition of People Telecom’s Perth-based corporate services business.cite web|url=http://www.budde.com.au/Reports/Contents/People-Telecom-Ltd-2268.html|title=People Telecom Ltd - BuddeComm|accessdate=2007-09-14] The acquired assets include a client base using fibre and DSL-based broadband services and a largedatacentre facility with some 600 square metres of space.cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Amcom-nabs-People-Telecom-s-Perth-fibre/0,130061791,339274059,00.htm|title=Amcom nabs People Telecom's Perth fibre|accessdate=2007-09-14]Products & Services
Amcom Telecommunications limited provides
broadband ,telephony , fibre and colocation services to consumers and business customers.References
External links
* [http://www.amcom.com.au/ Amcom Telecommunications official website]
* [http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-threads.cfm?f=31&g=73 Amcom/Amnet sub forum on Whirlpool]
* [http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/isp.cfm/Amnet/391.html Amcom/Amnet listing on Broadband Choice]
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