TPG (Internet service provider)
Company type | Public (ASX: TPM) |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 1992 as Total Peripherals Group |
Headquarters | , |
Services | Internet service provider Online Television Mobile Phone |
Website | tpg.com.au |
TPG Telecom (ASX: TPM) is the fifth largest Australian ISP and IT company. The company was formed from the merger between Total Peripherals Group and SP Telemedia. Over the past 18 years, TPG has grown to more than 400,000 subscribers[1], and had built their own ADSL2+ broadband network around Australia. TPG also sells mobile phone services as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator on the Optus mobile network.
TPG provide five ranges of products and services including internet access, networking, OEM services, mobile phone service and accounting software.
Assets
The following assets are listed by the company on its website:[2]
- B Digital Limited (BBB)
- B Digital (B)
- Digi Plus (Digi)
- Soul Pattinson Telecommunications (Soul)
- SPTCOM Pty Limited (previously COMindico)
- SPT Telecommunications (SPT JV)
- Total Peripherals Group (TPG Australia)
- PIPE Networks
Former assets
- NBN Television[3]
- One80 Digital Post
History
Total Peripherals Group was an IT company that sold OEM computers that later moved to provide internet services.
Soul Converged Communications was an Australian telecommunications company based in Sydney. Soul's main activities revolve around telecommunications, with business and home and small business divisions.
By November 2004 Soul had acquired the assets of rival IP carrier Comindico. In April 2005, it bought a 42.9% stake in mobile phone company B Digital. In September 2006 Soul increased its stake in B Digital to 74.6% and made a full takeover offer.
In April 2008, SOT merged with Total Peripherals Group at a cost of $AU150m in cash and 230M shares (Approx $AU80M) with TPG Owner, David Teoh becoming the largest shareholder and Executive Chairman of the combined group.[4] On November 25, 2009 following shareholder approval, SP Telemedia Ltd (Trading as Soul) changed its name to TPG Telecom Ltd. The ASX code was changed also from SOT to TPM. [5]
On March 30th 2010, TPG acquired of PIPE Networks for $AU373m. [6]
Divisions
TPG Internet
TPG Internet sells many internet services such as dialup, ADSL, ADSL2+, VDSL2 (In testing phase) and SHDSL broadband access, email services, website & domain name hosting, IPTV, VOIP solutions and virtual phone cards. It is well known for its unhelpful staff and lack of proficiency in the facilitating of customer complaints and issues.
IPTV
After a limited beta, TPG officially launched IPTV service on June 12, 2007. [1]. IPTV is available to all ADSL2+ customers on supported exchanges. [2]
In the Sydney area, Free To Air Broadcasters are also made available. These are as follows:
It is not currently known when broadcasters from other licence areas will be provided on this service, or if the service currently available in Sydney will remain broadcasting.
The initial national channel line-up is as follows: [3]
- Net 25
- DW-TV
- Bloomberg Television
- Al Jazeera English
- TV5MONDE
- Eurosport
- Eurosport News
- Phoenix Infonews
- SCTV
- Channel NewsAsia
- Russia Today TV
- TRT International
- Playboy Channel
- CCTV-1
- CCTV-2
- CCTV-4
- CCTV-9
- CCTV-11
- CCTV-Music
- CCTV-Children
The current channels, predominately news-oriented, are all free. Subscription-based channels are expected in the future.
TPG Network
TPG Network provides the following corporate products and services [7]:
Network Monitoring and maintenance being handled by the following personnel.
Pj Fortaleza
Richard Mababa
Reyann Surio
Harley Hubilla
Josef Rex Bringas
Ezra Cruzada
Robert Cudo
Jayson Joble
Vince Nuarin
Champ Dimapilis
And Support the following services.
- WAN services.
- VPNs.
- IP PABXs (VoIP) to small and medium size businesses.Being run and managed by Reyann Joson Surio.
- SHDSL.
- MPLSVPN.
- Metro Ethernet. (Fibre)
- EFM (Ethernet in the first mile).
- Dedicated Co-lo Server Hosting.
- Remote network management.
- Fortinet Firewall
- QoS
TPG Systems
TPG Systems was an OEM of PCs laptops and servers. This division of the company ceased trading in early 2004.
TPG Software
TPG Software, trading as Catsoft, makes and sells accounting software to businesses.
TPG Boomerang TV
TPG Boomerang TV is a now defunct subscription television service that operated using PAS 8.
Channel Lineup
TPG Mobile
TPG Mobile acts as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator for the Optus network since August, 2008.
References
- ^ "TPG, Soul bump up ADSL subscribers". Retrieved 2010-03-11.
- ^ "About Us - Soul". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
- ^ "SP Telemedia seals sale of NBN to PBL". The Age. 2005-05-10. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
- ^ "SP Telemedia to merge with TPG" (PDF). 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "ASX code changes 2009". 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ "Soul/TPG buys Pipe Networks for $373m". 2009-1-11. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
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