Aussie Broadband

Aussie Broadband Limited
Company typePublic company
ASX: ABB
IndustryTelecommunications
PredecessorWestvic Broadband
Wideband Networks
Founded2008
FounderPhillip Britt
John Reisinger
Headquarters
Morwell
,
Australia
Area served
Australia
Products
Services
Number of employees
1,300 (2024)[1]
Websitewww.aussiebroadband.com.au

Aussie Broadband (also known as Aussie or ABB) is an Australian-operated telecommunication company. It was formed in 2008 after the amalgamation of Wideband Networks and Westvic Broadband.[2]

Aussie Broadband is the fourth largest retail internet service provider in Australia.[3] Aussie Broadband’s market share of NBN services sits at 8.9%, with the company totalling 780,259 broadband connections as of June 2024.[4]

The company was established in Morwell in Victoria's Gippsland region. The company also has offices in Victoria (Dandenong South and Melbourne CBD), Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and remote staff scattered across Australia. Their customer service centres are based wholly in Australia, and they are one of the largest employers in the Latrobe Valley region.

Aussie Broadband operates their own fibre network that spans 1,721 kilometres in length.  [5]

The Optus mobile network is used for the company’s mobile services. Aside from residential and business services, Aussie offers enterprise and government solutions, with over 12,886 Enterprise and Government services as of July 2024.[5]

  1. ^ Wiggins, Jenny (26 August 2024). "Aussie Broadband pays first dividend, cuts jobs". The Australian Financial review. Retrieved 6 September 2024. Aussie Broadband employs 1300 people in Australia, excluding people who work for Symbio
  2. ^ Britt, Philip (22 July 2008). "Whirlpool Forums – Wideband Pt. 3". whirlpool.net.au. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Communications market report 2022-2023" (PDF). Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. 15 December 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  4. ^ Commission, Australian Competition and Consumer (27 August 2024). "June quarter 2024 report". www.accc.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "ABB ASX Company Announcements | Aussie Broadband Limited | AFR". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 September 2024.