Activ8me Explained

Australian Private Networks Pty. Ltd.
Trading Name:Activ8me
Type:Privately held company
Industry:Telecommunication
Founded:2002
Location City:Melbourne
Location Country:Australia
Area Served:Australia

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

Australian Private Networks was founded in 2002 in South Australia initially providing satellite internet to 120 residential customers.

Timeline

In the News

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Market Indicators Report March 2020 . Australian Consumer Competition Commission . 28 March 2020 . 17 June 2020.
  2. Web site: NBN: What does 'retail service provider' actually mean? . LeMay . Renai . Delimeter . 9 March 2011 . 21 August 2019.
  3. News: Find a Service Provider - Opticomm. Opticomm. 2017-09-18.
  4. Web site: Australian Pvt Networks Pty Ltd: Company Profile. Bloomberg. 2017-09-18.
  5. Web site: Contact Activ8me. Activ8me. 17 June 2020.
  6. Web site: Remote Australia Strategies Programme. Cabinet. Prime Minister and. 2016-02-12. www.pmc.gov.au. 2017-09-18.
  7. Web site: iTWire - Activ8me, nbn get active connecting remote indigenous communities. Dinham. Peter. www.itwire.com. 2017-10-23.
  8. Web site: Connecting remote Indigenous communities. 11 August 2017. ACCAN.
  9. News: Remote Australia Strategies. 2014-06-19. Indigenous.gov.au. 2017-09-18.
  10. Web site: Market Indicators Report March 2020 . Australian Consumer Competition Commission . 28 March 2020 . 17 June 2020.
  11. Web site: Next-generation Activ8me Public Wi-Fi . Broadband for the Bush . 22 June 2020.
  12. Web site: Next-generation Activ8me Public Wi-Fi . Broadband for the Bush . 22 June 2020.
  13. Web site: About Activ8me . activ8me.net.au . 2 July 2020.
  14. Web site: Activ8me . Royal Flying Doctor Service . 17 June 2020.
  15. Web site: Melbourne NBN provider Boom Broadband sold to Sky Muster reseller Activ8me . CRN . 14 November 2018.
  16. Web site: SkyMesh, Activ8me NBN satellite users offered 'relief' data each week . itnews . 20 May 2020.

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