News and insights from Vocus
Posted on April 06, 2017
Vocus Group Limited and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, have finalised contractual documentation and technical specifications for the Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) project. This marks a major ASC project milestone and enables the system to move into full manufacturing mode at the…
Posted on April 06, 2017
Vocus Group Limited (ASX:VOC) (Vocus) and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, have finalised the contractual documentation including the final technical specifications for the Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) system. This achieves the next major ASC project milestone. It provides an optimised…
Posted on February 23, 2017
With a period of major integration now in the rear-view mirror, Vocus Communications has refreshed its Wholesale market product suite, allowing customers to capitalise on its significant network growth including the recent integration of the Nextgen network infrastructure. The expanded Vocus network…
Posted on February 07, 2017
Vocus Communications (Vocus) is pleased to be named by the Victorian Government as a provider under the recently announced Telecommunications Purchasing and Management Strategy (TPAMS2025.) TPAMS2025 introduces a competitive panel of carefully selected IT&T providers for Victorian Government agencies…
Posted on February 02, 2017
Following the announcement of the new connection between Singapore and Australia with the additional path connecting Jakarta, it is estimated by 2019, 30 percent of Australia’s overall international bandwidth will be connected to Asia. ASC was a key strategic consideration in Vocus’…
Posted on December 06, 2016
Vocus announced today that it has executed a binding agreement with Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), referred to as contract-in-force (CIF), for the construction of the Australia Singapore Cable (ASC). The ASC project is a ~4,600km submarine cable system linking Australia to Singapore, and Indonesia,…
Posted on December 01, 2016
First acquisition in New Zealand post-merger Mobile, landline, broadband, gas and power bundle for Slingshot customers Vocus New Zealand has today taken ownership of Switch Utilities Ltd, marking the company’s first acquisition in New Zealand since the merger with M2 Group earlier this year. As an…
Posted on October 26, 2016
We’re thrilled to announce that Nextgen Networks is now part of Vocus Communications.Following the announcement our CEO, Geoff Horth said, “We are excited to announce this latest step in our growth and journey towards being Australia’s most loved and most forward thinking telco. The Nextgen…
Posted on September 22, 2016
The momentum behind our goal to become a telco powerhouse was boosted today with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) advising, after stringent review, that it did not oppose our acquisition of Nextgen Networks.Geoff Horth, CEO of Vocus said, “We are extremely pleased with the…
Posted on July 13, 2016
We’re thrilled to announce our plans to acquire the fibre assets of Nextgen Networks to significantly boost the Vocus fibre network.Nextgen operates one of Australia’s largest fibre backhaul networks which traverses 17,000km of fibre connecting capital cities and major regional…