People Telecom is an Australian telecommunications company and subsidiary of

Vocus Group Vocus Group Limited, formerly known as Vocus Communications, is a Telephone company, telecommunications company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Vocus Communications was founded by James Spenceley as a wholesale, en ...

. It resells

internet access Internet access is a facility or service that provides connectivity for a computer, a computer network, or other network device to the Internet, and for individuals or organizations to access or use applications such as email and the World Wide ...

and

telephony Telephony ( ) is the field of technology involving the development, application, and deployment of telecommunications services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice, fax, or data, between distant parties. The history of telephony is ...

services. It was founded in 2000 by Ryan O'Hare and Colin Marland. In 2004 People Telecom achieved stock market listing by doing a

reverse takeover A reverse takeover (RTO), reverse merger, or reverse IPO is the acquisition of a public company by a private company so that the private company can bypass the lengthy and complex process of going public. Sometimes, conversely, the public compa ...

of Swiftel Ltd. People Telecom was listed in the 2005 Australian

Deloitte Fast 50 The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards are organized and overseen by the global professional services firm Deloitte, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. These awards recognize the 500 technology companies with the highest growth rates across vari ...

list of growing companies. In August 2007, John Stanton took over as chief executive officer from founder Ryan O'Hare. Swiftel Ltd was a listed Australian company founded in 2000 by Christopher Gale. It was granted a Telecommunications licence, and took control of Roebuck Resources, a listed speculative mining investment company, by reverse takeover. At the time of its takeover by People Telecom, it had a growing data telecom business, but was under-capitalized for rapid expansion. People Telecom was acquired by M2 Group in December 2008. M2 Group merged with Vocus Communications on 22 February 2016 in a merger worth AU$3.75 billion.Vocus, M2 Group Plan Merger
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References

External links

People Telecom Homepage

Deloitte Fast 50 2005
{{Internet service providers of Australia Internet service providers of Australia M2 Group