Vocus Group

Vocus Group Limited, formerly known as Vocus Communications, is a telecommunications company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Vocus Communications was founded by James Spenceley as a wholesale, enterprise, government, business and consumer telecommunications provider.

As at May 2025, Vocus owns and manages Australia's second largest intercapital fibre network.

Vocus provides wholesale, enterprise, government, business and consumer telecommunications services across Australia, and on international subsea cable systems between the United States and Asia Pacific.

Vocus offers data network services such as Internet, dark fibre, IP WAN, unified communications and telephony and cloud services to mid, large and corporate businesses direct and also acts as a wholesaler.

The company owns and operates 18 data centres across Australia and has an onshore Network Operations Centre.

In 2015, Vocus Communications acquired Perth-based Amcom.

Vocus Communications merged with M2 Group on 22 February 2016 in a merger worth AU$3.75 billion, before which it reported profits of AU$62.25M.

This merger made Vocus Group Australia's fourth largest telecommunications company.

In October 2016, the company acquired Nextgen Networks for $861 million. This acquisition provided Vocus access to the National Broadband Network backhaul and infrastructure in Northern Australia, including that serving the offshore gas projects.

In 2021, Vocus Group was acquired by Voyage Australia Pty Limited, a consortium of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) and superannuation fund Aware Super and de-listed from the ASX.