Uecomm is a telecommunications company with its headquarters 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 ...

, Australia. It is a subsidiary of

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United Energy United Energy is a Victorian energy network which distributes electricity across east and south-east Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula to more than 640,000 customers, 90% of which are residential. Its network includes 209,000 poles and over 1 ...

formed its United Energy Telecommunications (UET) division in 1996. UET established fibre networks in metropolitan Melbourne,

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and the

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, with a focus on providing connectivity to corporates and

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s. UET changed its name in 1999 to Uecomm and was listed on the

Australian Securities Exchange Australian Securities Exchange Ltd or ASX, is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange (sometimes referred to outside of Australia as, or confused within Australia as ...

(ASX: UEC) in 2000 as Uecomm, with United Energy holding 66% of the new organisation. In 2001, Uecomm became the first carrier in Australia to offer Ethernet WANs to Australian businesses. In 2003 United Energy was taken over by

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and

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, with United Energy's shareholding in Uecomm passing to Alinta. In August 2004,

purchased all shares in Uecomm via an off-market takeover and Uecomm was subsequently delisted from the ASX.

References

{{reflist Companies based in Melbourne Companies formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Telecommunications companies of Australia Australian companies established in 1996