Press
Brothers in business with telcoinabox
September 2008 — Business franchise
"If telecom, one of Australia's largest providers of business telecommunications solutions, is telcoinabox's most successful franchise. Donna Bennett chats with the young franchisees whose business has become a sensation in less than three years."
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered
May 2008 — Wealth Creator
"Entrepreneur Damian Kay has revolutionised the telecommunications market by providing a one-stop-shop for small business needs. He spoke to Joanne McCulloch about becoming a $100m firm and going global."
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Fast Starters. Smooth Operator
24 April 2008 — BRW
"It is rare that when a business takes off, others don't try to copy it - particularly when there is little to stop someone using the same business model."
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Growing up in Top End gave sense of freedom
3 April 2008 — PUB: NT News
"A FORMER Darwin man has built his own business from scratch to become one of Australia top telecommunications
executives."
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One out of the box
29 March 2008 — smartcompany.com.au
"telcoinabox sprang into life half a decade ago, financed in part by founder Damian Kay’s credit card. He tells the lessons he learnt on the way to making his business a multi-million dollar success. "
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Starting your own telco
28 March 2008 — The Australian
"With Telstra and Optus ranking as the two dominant service providers, and literally thousands of smaller operators trying to carve out their own business niche, Australia's telecommunications market is undoubtedly one of the toughest in the world."
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telcoinabox signs $60 million 3G mobile and data deal with Optus
10 March 2008 — Optus
"Telecommunications reseller and franchisor, telcoinabox has signed a $60 million 3G Mobile and data deal with Optus. telcoinabox will wholesale services to its small to medium enterprises (SME) customer base from August 2008."
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telcoinabox acquires National Telephone Networks
10 March 2008 — Aussiedial
"Telecommunications reseller and franchisor, telcoinabox has acquired Aussiedial’s Voice over IP (VoIP) and ADSL national network, National Telephone Networks to expand its existing infrastructure and support its services providers’ demand for more Internet Protocol (IP) services."
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Telstra engages telcoinabox for deal worth $60M
7 March 2008 — CRN Australia
"Australian telecommunications reseller and franchisor, telcoinabox has resigned a deal with Telstra Wholesale to resell its fixed wire and 2G mobile phone network to its service providers’ small to medium enterprises (SME) customer base. According to telcoinabox’s general manager Paul Line, the deal is worth $60 million."
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Wholesaler signs $60m three year deal to source Telstra services
6 March 2008 — Communications Day
"Telecoms wholesaler telcoinabox has signed a reseller deal with Telstra Wholesale to resell its
fixed wire and 2G cellular phone network to its service providers’ SME customer base."
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telcoinabox signs $60 million deal with Telstra
5 March 2008 — Telstra
"Telecommunications reseller and franchisor, telcoinabox has signed a $60 million deal with Telstra Wholesale to resell its fixed wire and 2G mobile phone network to its service providers’ small to medium enterprises (SME) customer base."
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Damian, Damien score double hit
08 February 2008 — MySmallBusiness - theage.com.au
"Building one multi-million dollar telecommunication company is impressive. Building two is almost unthinkable. But this is exactly what the founders of telecommunications franchise telcoinabox, Damian Kay and Damien Gould, have done in the space of five years."
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Secrets of success
28 January 2008 — CIO New Zealand
"Starting and running a business is precarious - just surviving the first few years is a milestone and achieving fast growth is still rarer. With skills shortages, a restrictive investment capital."
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Dialing up a storm
January 2008 — My Business Magazine
"Franchised telecommunications reseller, telcoinabox, is riding a fast growing business with a unique telecoms business model that is now focusing on international markets."
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Customer Interview
October 2007 — Telstra wholesale Connect
"Damian Kay, Managing Director of Telco In A Box, tells us why a customer-focused account management relationship and wholesale's high level of support is crucial to the growth of his telecommunications business."
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telcoinabox ranks 7th in BRW's fast 100 list.
25 November 2007 — BRW Magazine
"That the complex world of telecommunications would one day be simplified and compressed into a franchise model is almost unthinkable. Yet that is what telcoinabox has done."
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telcoinabox seeks international expansion
09 November 2007 — Communications Day
"Virtual telco company telcoinabox is seeking to expand its Australian operations following a recent win, coming 7th in the recently published 'BRW Fast 100' list. Managing Director Damian Kay spoke with CommsDay, claiming that ongoing growth in the company will lead to significant changes in the coming year – including structural changes and expanding the business into the UK and New Zealand."
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telcoinabox searches for more partners
01 November 2007 — ARNnet
"Telecommunications franchisor, telcoinabox, is looking to add more resellers and service providers to its existing base."
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SMEs turn to resellers for telecommunications needs
30 May 2007 — ARNnet
"Small to medium enterprises (SME) prefer the services provided by telecommunications resellers over the offerings of large telecommunication providers, a recent national survey has found."
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SMEs prefer telco resellers to large telco providers
23 May 2007 — voiceanddata.com.au
"Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) prefer to use a telecommunications reseller than a large telecommunications provider, according to a national survey of 5000 SMEs."
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Mobile phones on a leash
22 September 2006 — The Australian Financial Review
"A mobile phone service developed to limit contact between a strict religious group and the outside world could, if parents have their way, soon be in the hands of teenagers who rack up huge phone bill."
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Telco answers call from God, censors mobile comms
21 September 2006 — PC World
"New SIM card technology launched this week will give parents, companies and even religious leaders greater power to censor mobile phone usage."
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Telco in a box
June 2003 — ITNews
"In a move that could shake up the channel, Universal Telecom has released a product that lets organisations cheaply provide branded telecommunications services."
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