Maxnet rebrands to Vocus Communications
Auckland, 23 August, 2012 - As part of its plan to bring better internet and data centre services to New Zealand,
Trans-Tasman telecommunications provider Vocus Communications Ltd (ASX: VOC) has announced it is formally rebranding its
recent acquisition and wholly owned subsidiary Maxnet.
From 27 August, the two Maxnet data centres, website, and other company collateral will be rebranded as Vocus
Communications. The company will keep the Maxnet brand for its New Zealand retail ISP business.
Jade Software and Konica Minolta will be two of the first New Zealand-based companies to use the newly branded Vocus
services, with the former recently signing a major data centre contract. Konica Minolta, an existing Maxnet customer,
will be launching a new cloud document management service hosted on Vocus cloud technology.
Since acquiring Maxnet in June 2012, Vocus CEO James Spenceley says a number of fast-growing Australian customers have
started using the company’s New Zealand data centres.
“We are excited to be bringing together all of our data centre, international connectivity and cloud services into the
Vocus brand,” says Vocus CEO James Spenceley. “This will make it easier for our customers on both sides of the Tasman to
access services in the different countries.”
Vocus has been supplying international capacity to New Zealand and Australian telecommunication companies and Internet
Service Providers for five years. During this time, the company has been responsible for dramatically decreasing the
cost of connecting New Zealand to the rest of the world by offering competitive international internet connectivity and
affordable Trans-Tasman connectivity.
“We have a reputation of breaking down industry barriers, and we are excited about the opportunities to do the same in
New Zealand - and the best way to carry on doing this is to align our customers, products and staff under the one
Trans-Tasman brand," says Mr Spenceley.
About Vocus
(ASX:VOC) Vocus Communications is an ASX listed leading telecommunications provider of Data Centre, Dark Fibre and
International Internet connectivity across Australia, NZ, Singapore and the US. The company provides high performance,
high availability, and highly scalable communications solutions, which allow service providers to quickly and easily
deploy new services for their own customer base.
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