SkyMesh explained
| SkyMesh Pty. Ltd. |
| Type: | Privately held company |
| Industry: | Telecommunication |
| Foundation: | Brisbane, Australia (2005) |
| Location City: | Brisbane |
| Location Country: | Australia |
| Area Served: | Australia |
| Parent: | Bigblu Broadband |
SkyMesh is an Australian telecommunications carrier and ISP owned by Bigblu Broadband that provides NBN, Wireless and Satellite services, as well as legacy IPSTAR Satellite services. SkyMesh is headquartered in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.[1]
History
SkyMesh was founded in 2005 in Brisbane, Queensland to provide connectivity to consumers and businesses in remote parts of Australia.
Timeline
- 2005 - SkyMesh founded. The company rolled out a fixed wireless network (FWA) in the Gympie and Sunshine Coast regions that provided 2 Mbit/s speeds.
- 2007 - Started offering IPSTAR satellite services that provided 4 Mbit/s speeds.
- 2011 - Began offering satellite services over nbn’s interim satellite network, with 6 Mbit/s services
- 2012 - Launched fixed wireless access (FWA) services over nbn’s network, providing 12 Mbit/s services, later upgraded to 25 Mbit/s.
- 2016 - Started offering satellite services over nbn’s Sky Muster satellite network, providing 25 Mbit/s services. SkyMesh was acquired by Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group (now Bigblu Broadband), along with Breiband.no for A$20.4 million.[2]
- 2017 - Adele Corazzini is hired as the Sales Director. Adele would eventually move to the roll of Sales and Support Director. Aaron Payne is announced as the Sales Manager, and a year later as Operations Manager.
- 2018 - Sold fixed line business (approx. 11,000 customers) to Superloop for A$1.5m (US$1.1m).[3]
- 2019- It had 55 Brisbane-based staff and around 35,000 customers.
- 2022 - SkyMesh acquires Clear Networks and the satellite customers from Uniti Group Limited, taking total customer numbers to 56,000. [4]
- 2022 - SkyMesh parent company, Bigblu Broadband PLC, appoints telco industry entrepreneur Paul Torrisi as Non-Executive Director to boost the companies growth ambitions using his experience in mergers and acquisitions and telecommunications technologies [5]
- 2024 - SkyMesh begins offering business grade Starlink Services.
In the News
In 2017, satellite broadband operator Ipstar was ordered by an Australian court to pay back $5.2 million to SkyMesh against three separate claims. SkyMesh was Ipstar's second largest ISP at that time, using Ipstar's satellite to provide broadband connections to rural Australia.[6] Ipstar appealed but the damages were upheld.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: About SkyMesh. SkyMesh. 27 October 2015.
- Web site: NBN ISP SkyMesh snapped up by UK rural satellite company. iTnews. 5 October 2016.
- Web site: Satellite groups no longer UK's sleeping giants . Financial Times. 22 June 2018.
- Web site: SkyMesh buys Harbour ISP's 6,200 customers . ARN. 6 December 2022.
- Web site: SkyMesh appoints Paul Torrisi as Non-Executive Director of its Australasian operations . ChannelLife Australia. 7 October 2022.
- Web site: SkyMesh Beats Telco Supplier Over Millions In Defective Gear, Data Fees . CRN . 11 January 2017.
- Web site: Satellite broadband seller's legal appeal knocked back by court . ARN Net . 14 February 2018.
