Pacnet
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | Asia Pacific (2008) |
| Fate | acquired by Telstra in 2015 |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong, Singapore |
Key people | Carl J. Grivner, CEO Brett Lay, CFO Andy Lumsden, CTO |
| Products | Broadband Internet, Fixed Network, Data Centers |
| Owner | Telstra |
Number of employees | >1,400 |
| Parent | Telstra |
| Website | www |
Pacnet was a global telecommunications service provider between 2008 and 2015. It was formed from the operational merger of Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet on 8 January 2008. It was owned by a private investor group comprising Ashmore Investment Management Limited, Spinnaker Capital Limited and Clearwater Capital Partners. Its acquisition by the Australian telecommunications company Telstra was announced at the end of 2014, and completed in April 2015.
The company was headquartered in Hong Kong and Singapore, and had offices in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and United States.