SkyMesh is an Australian telecommunications carrier and

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owned by

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that provides NBN, Wireless and Satellite services, as well as legacy IPSTAR Satellite services. SkyMesh is headquartered in

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History

SkyMesh was founded in 2005 in

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to provide connectivity to consumers and businesses in remote parts of Australia.

Timeline

*2005 - SkyMesh founded. The company rolled out a fixed wireless network (FWA) in the

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and Sunshine Coast regions that provided 2Mbit/s speeds. *2007 - Started offering IPSTAR satellite services that provided 4Mbit/s speeds. *2011 - Began offering satellite services over nbn’s interim satellite network, with 6Mbit/s services *2012 - Launched fixed wireless access (FWA) services over nbn’s network, providing 12Mbit/s services, later upgraded to 25Mbit/s. *2016 - Started offering satellite services over nbn’s Sky Muster satellite network, providing 25Mbit/s services. SkyMesh was acquired by Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group (now

), along with Breiband.no for A$20.4 million. *2018 - Sold fixed line business (approx. 11,000 customers) to Superloop for A$1.5m (US$1.1m) *2019- it had 55 Brisbane-based staff and around 35,000 customers. *2022 - SkyMesh acquires Clear Networks and the satellite customers from Uniti Group Limited, taking total customer numbers to 56,000. *2022 - SkyMesh parent company, Bigblu Broadband PLC, appoints telco industry entrepreneu
Paul Torrisi
as Non-Executive Director to boost the companies growth ambitions using his experience in mergers and acquisitions and telecommunications technologies

In the News

In 2017, satellite broadband operator Ipstar was ordered by an Australian court to pay back $5.2 million to SkyMesh against three separate claims. SkyMesh was Ipstar's second largest ISP at that time, using Ipstar's satellite to provide broadband connections to rural Australia. Ipstar appealed but the damages were upheld.

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