Aussie Broadband

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Aussie Broadband Limited
TypePublic
ASX: ABB
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded2008
FounderPhillip Britt & John Reisinger
Headquarters
Morwell, Victoria
,
Australia
Area served
Australia
ProductsNBN
VoIP
Fetch TV
Mobile broadband
Mobile phone
ServicesInternet service provider
Mobile telephony
Websitewww.aussiebroadband.com.au

Aussie Broadband (ABB) is an Australian operated telecommunications company that was formed in 2008 and is based in Morwell, Victoria, Australia. 

ABB also has offices in Dandenong South, Victoria, Darwin, Northern Territory, Perth, Western Australia, and remote staff scattered across Australia. It is one of the largest employers in the Latrobe Valley region.

The company was formed in 2008 after the amalgamation of Wideband Networks Pty Ltd and Westvic Broadband Pty Ltd.[1]

Aussie Broadband is the fifth largest connector of new NBN connections in Australia.

History[]

Aussie Broadband was the result of the amalgamation of Wideband Networks Pty Ltd and Westvic Broadband Pty Ltd, both of which had been trading since 2003. Wideband Networks Pty Ltd was formed by now Managing Director Phillip Britt and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) John Reisinger.

After the merger, Aussie Broadband focused on providing services to regional areas, such as Gippsland, Western Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

In 2010, Aussie Broadband sold its satellite customer base to SkyMesh; the largest sale of a satellite customer base in Australia.[2]

National Broadband Network[]

Aussie Broadband started providing NBN services as of 2017, ceasing 3rd party reseller agreements.[3]

In 2019, Aussie Broadband upgraded its national and international networks to provide capacity for 500,000 customers with direct peering in Los Angeles, San Jose, and Singapore, as well as buying capacity on multiple international fibre optic cables.[4]

Partnership with Fetch[]

In October 2018, Fetch and Aussie Broadband announced a partnership.[5][6]

IPO[]

In September 2019 it was announced work had commenced to prepare the company for going public, and in September 2020 Managing Director Phil Britt formally announced the company would be launching an IPO and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange.[7] The public offer was extended to customers of the company, and current employees were eligible to be gifted a small package of shares.[8][9]

The company officially began trading on the market at 11am on the 16th of October 2020 under the ticker ABB.[10][11]

Awards[]

Aussie Broadband has been nominated for multiple awards including being of the "Best Places to Work" in Australia (Medium Businesses) at Position 16, Best 30 Places to Give Back - Position 21 and is a certified Best Place to Work.

In 2019, Managing Director Phillip Britt was recognised by CommsDay for his contributions to the Australian telecommunications industry by being inducted into the Edison Awards Hall of Fame.[12][13]

Other awards are:

Year Award Result
2021 Pause Award (International) Winner, Hammer Award
2021 ACOMM Award for Diversity and Inclusion Winner
2021 Customer Service Organisation of the Year, Large Business - Australian Service Excellence Awards Winner
2021 Canstar Blue Innovation Excellence Telecommunications Award Winner for the Carbon Platform
2021 & 2020 Roy Morgan Internet Service Provider of the Year Winner
2020 ProductReview Joint Winner
2019 CommsDay Edison Award Won, Best Fixed Line Broadband Provider
CommsDay Edison Award Nominated, Best Telecom Marketing Initiative
2019 Canstar Blue Won, Most Satisfied Customers- NBN Providers
2019 ACOMM Award Won, Commitment to Customer Service
2019 Australian Service Excellence Award Finalist, Customer Service Organisation of the Year (Medium)
Australian Service Excellence Award Finalist, Customer Service Project of the Year(Service Innovation)
2019 Deloitte Top 50, Technology Fast 50
2019 Australian Growth Company Awards Finalist, Technical and Growth Company of the Year
2019 ProductReview Joint Winner, Internet Service Providers
2019 Good Company Top 40, Best Workplaces to Give Back
2018 CommsDay Edison Award Won, Best Broadband Provider
2018 ProductReview Joint Winner, Internet Service Providers
2018 Australian Service Excellence Award - Medium Size Business Finalist, Customer Service Organisation of the Year (Medium)
2018 Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze
2017 Gippsland Business Awards Won, Business of the Year
2017 ACOMM Award Won, Community Contribution

References[]

  1. ^ Britt, Philip (22 July 2008). "Whirlpool Forums - Wideband Pt. 3". whirlpool.net.au. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. ^ "SkyMesh to purchase Aussie BB Satellite - SkyMesh". Whirlpool.net.au. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. ^ Granger-Wilcox, Janet (21 March 2017). "First Aussie Broadband customers go live on new national network". Aussie Broadband Blog. Retrieved 18 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Granger-Wilcox, Janet (6 February 2019). "Aussie Broadband announces national, international upgrades to scale to half a million users". Aussie Broadband Blog. Retrieved 18 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Aussie Broadband partners with Fetch TV - Aussie Broadband - Whirlpool Forums". Whirlpool.net.au. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Fetch TV partners with Aussie Broadband to deliver the Fetch one-stop entertainment service, contract free, over the nbn". Aussie Broadband Blog. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Thompson, Sarah; Macdonald, Anthony (30 September 2019). "Shaw and Partners readies Aussie Broadband for ASX boards". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  8. ^ Duckett, Chris. "Aussie Broadband gives customers a chance to collectively buy a quarter of AU$40m IPO". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  9. ^ Cotton, Imelda (24 September 2020). "Aussie Broadband launches $40m IPO to capitalise on a changing digital market". Small Caps. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  10. ^ https://www2.asx.com.au/markets/company/ABB
  11. ^ "Australian ISP Aussie Broadband makes its debut on the ASX, with oversubscribed $40 million IPO". Aussie Broadband. Aussie Broadband Ltd.
  12. ^ "Edison Awards - Aussie Broadband - Whirlpool Forums". Whirlpool.net.au. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Morwell resident enters telco Hall of Fame". Aussie Broadband Blog. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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