Dodo Services Pty Ltd, trading as Dodo, is an Australian Internet service provider, based in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, and a fully owned subsidiary of

Vocus Communications Vocus Group Limited, formerly known as Vocus Communications, is an international telecommunications company headquartered in North Sydney, Australia. Founded by James Spenceley as a wholesale, business, government and consumer telecommunicati ...

(ASX: VOC).

History

The company was established in September 2001. Dodo expanded services which include mobile broadband,

VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. The terms Internet t ...

, home and car insurance, gas and electricity. In 2013, the company was acquired by

M2 Group M2 Group Ltd was an Australian retailer and wholesaler of telecommunications services as well as power, gas and insurance products. On 5 February 2016, M2 Group Ltd merged into Vocus Communications. History Established in 1999, M2 Group Ltd ( ...

. Prior to being bought out, the company had over 400,000 customers and 660,000 active services. M2 paid $203.90 million for Dodo and $44.10 million for Eftel as some of the owners owned both companies.

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* {{Internet service providers of Australia M2 Group Companies based in Melbourne Internet service providers of Australia Telecommunications companies of Australia Telecommunications companies established in 2001