News and insights from Vocus
Posted on October 28, 2019
Vocus Group, Australia’s specialist fibre and network solutions provider, has today announced a solid step forward in its Future State program to simplify, modernise and consolidate its multiple legacy networks. Vocus Group CEO, Kevin Russell, said “Our goal is to deliver brilliant simplicity to…
Posted on October 10, 2019
In his speech to the CommsDay Melbourne Congress, Vocus Group Managing Director/CEO Kevin Russell called for the Government to issue NBN with a new Statement of Expectations to provide it with clear policy objectives in Enterprise - an updated Statement of Expectations that should lay out some clear…
Posted on September 24, 2019
Vocus Group has announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to help it bring the best of high-speed connectivity, cloud services and digital growth opportunities to Australian businesses and government organisations. The partnership establishes Vocus as a key sales channel to supply Google…
Posted on September 12, 2019
In his speech at the ACCAN conference in September 2019, Vocus Group Managing Director and CEO Kevin Russell described the core problem with the NBN: “Put simply, the real market value of the NBN is far, far less than what it cost to build”. As a result, “NBN’s decision-making is driven as a monopoly…
Posted on July 24, 2019
Vocus is excited to announce we’ve re-signed as major sponsor of NTFL football club, the Tiwi Bombers, for the next two years. There is plenty happening at the Tiwi Bombers in the lead up to the 2019/20 season. Our new sponsorship deal follows the club’s signing last month of new assistant coaches,…
Posted on July 16, 2019
The 4,700km Coral Sea Cable System, which Vocus is building for the Australian Government, has achieved two major milestones, with the cable now installed at the landing sites at both Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. On Monday 15 July 2019, a ceremony featuring a symbolic handover of a ‘golden…
Posted on July 12, 2019
Vocus’ Australian Singapore Cable (ASC) system is operating with an end-to-end total capacity of up to 60 terabits per second (Tbps) – 50 per cent more capacity than when it launched less than 10 months ago. That gives us — and our customers — a unique level of flexibility, as…
Posted on March 07, 2019
The Vocus Communications and Cricket Australia Team -- Murray Newham, Senior Manager Cloud Platform Architecture & Technology – Cricket Australia, Vivian Pegiou, Victoria Sales Manager Account Management– Vocus Communications, Michael Osborne GM Technology – Cricket Australia, Kevin Roberts,…
Posted on December 24, 2018
On 24 December 2018, Vocus announced the execution of a renegotiation and five-year extension of its current Mobile Virtual Network Operator (“MVNO”) agreement with Optus Wholesale which includes access to the Optus 5G network and future technologies. The agreement builds upon the long-term partnership…
Posted on September 14, 2018
It’s taken almost two years to construct; involved more than five years of planning; seen 4,600km of undersea cable laid, at times kilometres down to the ocean bed; cost $US170m; and involved over 60 staff but today marks the fully operational start of Australia’s newest, fastest and most direct connectivity…