Vocus
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TPG Telecom has received an offer of around US$4.2 billion from Macquarie-backed Vocus to buy some of its non-mobile fibre assets according to a Reuters report. -
Ellie Sweeney, the new CEO of Vocus, tells Alan Burkitt-Gray about her plans for the Australian telco and its work in the area of ESG.
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Vocus has connected its new A$100 million (US$68 million) subsea cable that will help position the city of Darwin as a digital hub in Asia Pacific.
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Australia’s state-owned wholesale last-mile company NBN Co is firing 10% of its staff as the fixed market has stalled.
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Australian carrier Vocus has started work on the cable that will link the country to Asian markets in Singapore.
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Australian operator Vocus has promoted Ellie Sweeney, its COO for the past four years, to be CEO.
Forthcoming events
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Australian carrier Vocus is to acquire Challenge Networks, which provides 4G and 5G private mobile networks.
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Vocus confirms the availability of Australia’s first commercial 400Gbps wavelength Ethernet service connecting Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
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STL is collaborating with Vocus Group for its Project Horizon, 2000km fibre cable link, in Western Australia.
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Avaroa Cable, which operates the Cook Islands’ subsea connection, has appointed Mike Schwarz as its new CEO, taking over from Ranulf Scarbrough.
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BT and other wholesale partners of satellite company OneWeb will start testing services in January, Capacity understands, with commercial services likely to be on offer several months later.
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Andrew Wildblood, chief executive of Enterprise and Government at Vocus, speaks to Capacity about its recently announced $100 million cable interconnection creating the Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable.
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Vocus has announced plans to deliver the first international subsea cable connection into Darwin, Australia.
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Hurricane Electric confirms the launch of a new point of presence (PoP) at Vocus Auckland - Albany in New Zealand.
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Season 2, episode 9 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman, and special guest Mikael Schachne, the VP of Mobility and IoT Business and CMO, BICS.
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Vocus Group has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed (SID) with a Macquarie-led consortium to acquire the company for A$3.5 billion ($2.7 billion).
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Shares in Australian fibre network owner Vocus Group hit a four-year high at the end of trading last week after Macquarie lodged a binding offer to acquire the firm.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
