Activ8me was founded in 2005 with one mission: to connect every corner of rural, regional and remote Australia with world-class broadband internet and phone services.
Our aim is to empower Regional Australia through offering internet and phone services at metro-comparable prices, speeds and service.
We’re proud to be behind a number of Australian firsts through our efforts to reach that goal and we continue to actively work towards it to this day.
Timeline
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2002
Australian Private Networks Pty Ltd is founded providing basic satellite internet services to 120 residential customers.
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2005
Commences trading as Activ8me.
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2006
First Internet Service Provider in Australia to commercialise the IPSTAR satellite services and introduce a metro-comparable satellite service for regional Australians.
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2007
First Internet Service Provider in Australia to introduce a satellite VoIP service.
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2008
First to introduce Unleashed ™ speeds on IPSTAR services.
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2009
Activ8me is contracted by the Australian Federal Government to install 301 satellite-connected and solar powered public telephones in remote and isolated Indigenous communities.
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2010
Activ8me is contracted by the Australian Federal Government to install 301 satellite-connected and solar powered public telephones in remote and isolated Indigenous communities.
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2012
Activ8me connects the first ever Fixed Wireless customer to the nbn®.
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2014
Activ8me begins upgrades to 301 satellite-connected, solar powered telephones with public WiFi in remote and isolated Indigenous communities for the Australian Government.
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2015
One of three RSPs assisting Nbn Co. with Sky Muster® testing.
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2016
Commercially launches nbn® satellite services. Activ8me releases commercial Public WiFi satellite solutions.
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2020
Australia’s largest retail nbn Sky Muster® provider with over 35,000 Sky Muster connections.
Today, Activ8me has over 60,000 services connected across the country enjoying our fast broadband speeds, generous data allowances and the kind of helpful, no-nonsense Aussie customer service you’ll tell your friends about.
Our Australian based team is available 7 days a week, so give us a call on 13 22 88 and discover why Australians living in rural and remote areas trust Activ8me to keep them connected.
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Connecting Remote Australia
Activ8me is more than your average internet service provider. We’re one of the largest nbn® Sky Muster satellite broadband providers in Australia and an acknowledged expert in remote communications. We design, build, install and monitor remote communications technologies for families, businesses, communities, towns, and even remote islands.
Which is why, in 2009, Activ8me was contracted by the Australian Federal Government to design, build and install 301 solar-powered phone booths in some of the most isolated remote Indigenous communities across Australia.
The phone booths were built by Activ8me to withstand the harshest Australian conditions, like Cyclone Rusty, which passed directly over a number of our sites in 2013: our equipment and phone service were not impacted. (We even registered several calls placed during the cyclone!)
These remote communities used to relocate during the wet season. Now, they’re able to remain at home 365 days of the year. This project is just one of the many unique ways Activ8me is keeping rural and remote Australia connected.
(Does your rural, regional or remote business or organisation need a unique communications solution? To find out how Activ8me can arm you with the technology needed to thrive in rural, regional or remote Australia please visit our Corporate Solutions page.
Indigenous Engagement and Employment
Activ8me acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community.
We pay our respect to their Elders both past and present.
Activ8me is Australia’s largest provider of satellite internet and community Wi-Fi in remote Indigenous communities. Through our involvement with the Remote Community Telecommunications program over the past 10 years, we have installed community Wi-Fi and community telephones in over 320 locations and support over 500 community telephones. We have established effective working relationships with Indigenous Communities, delivering on our engagement strategy, focussed on consultation and co-operation through fully understanding the communities specific requirements.
This breadth of exposure enables Activ8me to actively engage year-round with remote Indigenous communities across Australia in the planning, installation and maintenance of telecommunication services. Activ8me teams travel over 150,000 kilometres per year and spend over 200 days in Indigenous Communities. We are committed to improving telecommunications for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Our Indigenous Employment and Supplier Use Plan aims to increase our engagement for remote telecommunication services by promoting cultural awareness, increasing Indigenous employment opportunities, and building effective service relationships with local community and business representatives.
Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees to gain qualifications and participate in professional development opportunities is a key focus of our strategy. With this in mind we are committed to employing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and are continually looking to hire. All enquiries please contact us via email: corporatesales@apn.net.au
Activ8me listens to community challenges and connects Tjuntjuntjara Community internally and externally. During 2019, Activ8me worked with the Paupiyala Tjarutja Aboriginal Corporation (PTAC) to provide the Tjuntjuntjara and Ilkurlka Communities in remote Western Australia with internal and external Wi-Fi coverage, including VOIP telephones, for 58 building and social areas throughout both communities.
Children’s use of the free Community phones was instant, feedback from the school principal was that children were sharing their phone extension numbers at school and calling each other as soon as their phone had been installed at home.
Activ8me supports Indigenous Communities through various programs such as:
- Sponsorships – vary from year to year and the purpose ranges from supplying uniforms for local football team to supporting a local event
- Investment – Community payback of data pin sales to local merchants
- Commitment to use local Indigenous owned businesses
Activ8me is an active member of the Darebin Aboriginal Advisory Committee working in partnership with the Darebin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The Committee provides Activ8me with strategic advice and direction on issues relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their communities, particularly in the Darebin region.
