Activ8me
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| Activ8me | |
| Company type | Privately held company |
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Melbourne , Australia |
Area served | Australia |
| Services | |
| Website | www |
Activ8me is the trading name of an Australian telecommunications carrier and Internet service provider (ISP) operated by Australian Private Networks Pty. Ltd. Activ8me specialise in regional and remote Australian telecommunications and are the largest provider of satellite broadband services in Australia.[1]
Their clients include the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.
Activ8me are a Retail Service Provider[2] of fiber to the x broadband internet through wholesale access agreements with NBN and OptiComm[3] to sell Internet access to end users.
They are primarily focused on regional and remote Australian internet and phone services, including NBN Fixed_wireless and Sky Muster services.
The company was founded in 2002,[4] before beginning trading as Activ8me in 2005, when headquarters and a warehouse facility were set up in Preston, Victoria.[5]
Activ8me was contracted by the Australian Federal Government to build and maintain Remote Community Telecommunications Units (Solar powered public phone/WiFi equipment) which provides broadband and phone services to remote Australian communities for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s[6] Remote Australia Strategies Programme.[7] Activ8me has installed over 300 community phones since 2009[8] as part of the Programme.[9]
As of July 2020, they are the largest Retail Service Provider of Sky Muster services in Australia.[10]
History[edit]
Australian Private Networks was founded in 2002 in South Australia initially providing satellite internet to 120 residential customers.
Timeline[edit]
- 2005 - Commenced trading as Activ8me. Headquarters is moved to Melbourne.
- 2006 - First Australian ISP to commercialise the IPSTAR satellite services and offer them to the regional Australian market.[11]
- 2007 - First Australian ISP to offer a satellite VoIP service.[12]
- 2009 - Activ8me is contracted by the Australian Federal Government to install 301 satellite-connected and solar powered public telephones in remote and isolated Indigenous communities. [7]
- 2012 - Activ8me connected the first Fixed Wireless customer to fixed wireless access (FWA) services over nbn’s network.[13]
- 2016 - Started offering satellite services over nbn’s Sky Muster satellite network, providing 25 Mbit/s services.
- 2019 - Entered a three-year major service partnership with the Royal Flying Doctor Service to install NBN ground stations offering WiFi, external airstrip lighting and emergency phone access to remote airstrips frequented by the RFDS that were previously ‘black spots’.[14]
In the News[edit]
In 2018, Activ8me purchased Melbourne NBN provider Boom Broadband, absorbing all their nbn fixed line, fixed wireless and ADSL2+ customers.[15]
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Activ8me offered free data to customers due to the increase in demand due remote work and distance education.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ "Market Indicators Report March 2020". Australian Consumer Competition Commission. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ LeMay, Renai (9 March 2011). "NBN: What does 'retail service provider' actually mean?". Delimeter. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Find a Service Provider - Opticomm". Opticomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Australian Pvt Networks Pty Ltd: Company Profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Contact Activ8me". Activ8me. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ Cabinet, Prime Minister and (12 February 2016). "Remote Australia Strategies Programme". www.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ a b Dinham, Peter. "iTWire - Activ8me, nbn get active connecting remote indigenous communities". www.itwire.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Connecting remote Indigenous communities". ACCAN. 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Remote Australia Strategies". Indigenous.gov.au. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Market Indicators Report March 2020". Australian Consumer Competition Commission. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Next-generation Activ8me Public Wi-Fi" (PDF). Broadband for the Bush. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Next-generation Activ8me Public Wi-Fi" (PDF). Broadband for the Bush. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "About Activ8me". activ8me.net.au. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Activ8me". Royal Flying Doctor Service. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Melbourne NBN provider Boom Broadband sold to Sky Muster reseller Activ8me". CRN. 14 November 2018.
- ^ "SkyMesh, Activ8me NBN satellite users offered 'relief' data each week". itnews. 20 May 2020.
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