Macquarie Telecom

Macquarie Telecom
Public (ASX: MAQ)
Industry Telecommunications
Founded Sydney, Australia, 1992
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Key people
David Tudehope, CEO
Aidan Tudehope, MD Hosting
Products Data Networks
IP VPN Solutions
Metro Ethernet
ADSL2+
Business Broadband
Business Hosting
Managed Hosting
Dedicated Servers
Server Virtualization
Data Centre
VoIP & Voice
Business Mobiles
Revenue A$196.8 million (2014)
Decrease A$(2.0) million (2014)[1]
Number of employees
350
Website http://www.macquarietelecom.com/

Macquarie Telecom Group Limited - Macquarie Telecom is a managed hosting and telecommunications company. It has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, and Hobart. It owns and operates several data centers.[2]

Macquarie Telecom was founded in July 1992 shortly after telecommunication deregulation in Australia. The company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in 1999.[3]

Industry Group Membership

Macquarie Telecom is a member of the following groups:

It was the first carrier to sign all 13 Australian Communications Media Authority (ACMA) (formally Australian Communications Authority) registered Australian Communication Information Forum (ACIF) Codes.

Certifications

Macquarie Telecom holds the following certifications:[4]

Data Centre and Hosting

Data centre reception.

Macquarie Telecom runs several data centers as part of its business selling managed services and managed hosting. The data centres are located in Sydney and Canberra and are branded by Macquarie Telecom as "Intellicentre". Its second Sydney Data Center, Intellicentre 2, was opened September 2012,[10] and it has, in 2012, announced the building of Intellicentre 4 in Canberra.[11]

Any modern data centre is expected to provide redundancy of utilities and physical plant, as well as some level of physical security. Macquarie Telecom's data centres are fairly typical of this and provides:

Clients

Some clients include: PBL Media, Unity4 Pty Ltd, News Limited, Showbiz.com.au, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, WebJet, Habbo Hotel, Radio Rentals, Austin Group Limited, Bristow Helicopters, NineMSN, Mannway Logistics, Haymarket Media, Showbiz International, Bized Services, Registries Limited.[15][16]

Awards

Macquarie Telecom won the ‘Best Customer Care’ award for Personal Accountable Service at the World Communication Awards in London in 2008.[17][18]

References

  1. "Macquarie Telecom Annual Report 2014"
  2. "Data Centres"
  3. "ASX Listing details"
  4. "Data Centre Security & Accreditations"
  5. "Macquarie Corporate Telecom achieves information security award"
  6. "SAI Global On-line Certification Register"
  7. "Australia Hosting Data Center Firm Macquarie - First to Achieve PCIDSS accreditation"
  8. "Department of Defense: ASD Certified Gateways"
  9. "Department of Defense: ASD Certified Cloud Services List (CCSL)"
  10. "Prime Minister Julia Gillard launches Intellicentre 2"
  11. "High Tech bunker to Guard Government Data'
  12. "AARNet Connectivity cited"
  13. "DSD Certified Gateway service provider"
  14. "Macquarie Telecom Launches Virtualised, Managed Disaster Recovery Environment"
  15. "Macquarie Telecom"
  16. "Macquarie Telecom Customer Case Studies"
  17. World Communication Awards: Previous WCA Winners and Finalists 1999 - 2008
  18. "Macquarie Telecom wins customer care award at World Communication Awards"

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